The Great Hunger

Albus Dumbledore, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black all sat together in a small dingy as it grossed the grey choppy sea to Azkaban. They waited in silence through security checks and magical scans of all kinds. They were greeted at the last checkpoint by the Warden of Azkaban.

The rather strange looking man was completely hairless, from the top of his head, to his eyebrows. He bowed and ushered them inside Azkaban proper before speaking.

"Greetings Mr.'s Lupin and Black, a greeting to you as well Headmaster."

Dumbledore smiled at the warden, his eyes twinkling.

"And a warm hello to you Mr?…"

He trailed off.

"Warden."

"Mr. Warden then. We are here to release Harry Potter back into our custody."

The Warden looked at Dumbledore as though he was trying to figure out the answer to a very stupid question. Finally he simply asked,

"Why?"

Dumbledore twinkled madly.

"Evidence was recently uncovered that proves Mr. Potter innocent of the crimes he was originally convicted of."

The Warden fell silent for a brief time before he spoke again, his words slow and considered.

"Have you read the any of the reports I sent to the offices of the DMLE or to the Chief Warlock?"

The twinkle dimmed slightly as Dumbledore's face contorted perplexedly.

"Im afraid I don't know what you mean."

The Warden sighed, and motioned for the other three wizards to follow him.

"Come on then. I'll do my best to summarize on the way."

7th Warden of Azkaban

Confidential report on the strange occurrences surrounding Prisoner Potter

Year 1 condensed report

Initially Potter was placed on aboveground level two medium security. It was noted that guards would often be forced to use a patronus charm on nearby Dementors in order to keep them on a timely schedule, if left unattended they would often swarm around prisoner Potter's cell door. A side note, prisoner Potter even while amidst the thrall of the Dementors continues to assert his innocence and lack of any trial.

Year 2 condensed report

The Dementors continue to show what might be characterized as an obsession with prisoner Potter, it has gotten to such a level that I was forced to move Potter into a minimum security section that would receive little interaction with the Dementors, however they continue to seek out Potter and I often find a few clustered outside his door. Potter's mental state seems to have deteriorated into an almost ceaseless rage. Every waking hour for the prisoner in consumed with with denials of his guilt and rambling on what he would do to his accusers and former friends once he gets out.

If he does I pray that he forgoes thoughts of revenge, or at least decides to grant them a quicker death then what he currently is imagining.

Year 3 condensed report

The Dementors have begun to avoid Potter like the plague. They refuse to go near his cell even after I moved him back down to the medium security section. The guards have been forced to use their Patronus charms to keep the Dementor's patrol schedule on time. Potter has fallen by and large quiet, he responds when spoken to by a guard, but otherwise says not a word. On a further note, both of the inhabitants of the cells to either side of Potter passed away, the suspected cause is Dementor overexposure, but the problem with that theory is that they both died at virtually the same time according to the medwitch, and Potter is unaffected.

Year 4 condensed report

Forced to move Potter down into the bottommost maximum security sub level after another six prisoners in the cells to either side of Potter died from what seemed like overexposure to Dementors. On that note the area around Potter that the Dementors refuse to enter has grown larger. The guards have had to use the Patronus charm just to get the Dementors on the same level as Potter. I have cautioned the guards to only approach Potter in groups of two or more, hopefully those extra guards I requested from the DMLE will arrive soon.

I have decided to keep the cells to either side of Potter empty as a precaution.

Year 5 condensed report

There are some unsettling rumors around Potter and his level now. Everything from wands that stop working, to a dead feeling on the air which can't be blamed on the Dementors anymore since they refuse to enter Potter's level even with the lash of a Patronus. The two that we managed to force down the stairs never came back up. There have also been reports that some of the guards stationed on that level have become a little… Unstable. Some of the other prisoners on Potters level have also died with the same symptoms that his neighbors had, forcing me to evacuate another dozen cells to either side of him. I have yet to receive any word of reinforcements from the DMLE, and even with the floo and ferry systems glitching, I should have heard something.

Year 6 condensed report

The entirety of Potters level has been evacuated, with prisoners dying left and right, and with the first Guard fatality I had no choice. Prisoner Potter now interacts only with a house elf that delivers meals three times a day with strict instructions to not communicate with the prisoner in any way.

What ever Potter is doing is spreading, any guard with experience in warding has been stationed at the entrance into Potter's level in a series of rotations in order to keep a set of strong barriers maintained at peak capacity. The guards have begun calling shadowy fog that dominates the lower levels the Miasma, on the a staffing note, a personal issue has cropped up with with the guards who were stationed on that level, they have begun jumping at shadows, we almost had a incident of friendly fire when Hopkins cast a Bonebreaker curse at Jones when he opened the door into their shared bunk.

And if that weren't bad enough, some guards have started going missing, since there is not way of the island they must be dead, but we have been unable to locate their bodies. We have been able to locate the bodies of both guards and prisoners who have committed suicide however.

If this goes on for much longer, I don't know if any of us will survive.

Year 7 condensed report

The Miasma has spread another two levels, in the process killing 80 prisoners, and 24 guards.

Every form of magical transport of the island has entirely failed, no floo, no apparition, no portkeys, no broom. Any time we get more then half a kilometer away from Azkaban proper, anything magical abruptly dies. And I do mean anything.

Including Wizards.

Whatever this is, it ends now.

Ive gathered up 10 of the more sane volunteers, and we are going to go down to the bottom level and kill Harry Potter. Whatever he is, it isn't human, and the man that he used to be would thank us.

If we don't survive, whoever reads this needs to know, Harry Potter is the one causing this, I don't know how, I don't know why, but it ends one way or the other tonight.

I fear that if we can't stop him now, that something far worse then Voldemort will be released.

Year 8, 8th warden of Azkaban investigative report

The Auror force that last week has been stationed here on a permanent basis. As they were investigating the reason why the previous Warden had finally ceased reports entirely after a few years of reports that had been progressively more irregular and erratic in both timing and content as the months progressed.

The Warden and every Guard save three who are now in Saint Mungoes ward for permanent magic suspected insanity were all dead. Every prisoner in four of the five sub levels was dead. Harry Potter is the only wizard left alive in 5 levels designed to hold 500 prisoners apiece. Upon reading the previous Warden's diary and reports it is obvious that whatever this is can be placed squarely at Prisoner Potter's feet.

The only question is what do I do about it?

A wizard powerful enough to somehow consume and further corrupt the very magical atmosphere of Azkaban is someone to be feared. And yet at the same time I can not lay back and let Azkaban continue to be consumed.

Year 9 condensed report

I have come to an arraignment with Prisoner Potter, or Bob as he insists I call him. (I can only assume that overexposure to Dementors early into his incarceration or his enforced solitude had driven him mad.). Bob has agreed to surrender 1 level for every 365 weeks in which he has a day he can request food from the muggle world. I have since reclaimed the first and second sub levels.

Year 10 condensed report

I am not altogether sure what to say. I suppose I must stick to the bare facts for this.

Voldemort attempted to attack Azkaban, he entered from the 5th sub level where Potter has, I am ashamed to say as a warden, complete control of. Potter, at least according to him, killed Voldemort brutally, but not permanently, I am left unsure wether or not I understude what Bob was actually trying to say.

I, disappointingly, cannot confirm wether or not the prisoner speaks the truth as I and most of the guards were fighting off an attack by broom riding death eaters from the very top floor.

Present day

As the Warden finished speaking, Remus and Sirius both shuddered. Dumbledore was inscrutable, torn between anguish and triumph. As they approached a door with an Auror to either side of it, the Warden gestured.

"Leave your wands and any other magical items here. Any further and I can't guarantee that they will work once we come back up. I also don't know what mood Harry is in so I want to limit the potential appetite whetters."

Sirius and Remus looked at each other before handing one of the aurors their wands. Dumbledore conjured a table and placed his wand and a number of magical sweets and gizmos on the table.

The Warden nodded in satisfaction before his face turned serious.

"A couple rules before we go down. I learned these through trial, error, and pain. First, don't ever touch him. Second, don't talk to him first unless its incredibly important, let him talk to you first, I'll handle introductions while Im talking to him. Finally, don't mention the veins on his arms."

"His veins?" Asked Sirius confusedly.

"The veins on his forearms turned black a little over a year ago. Sometimes the discoloration stretches to his neck, other times it disappears completely."

And with that, the Warden of Azkaban swung open the doorway into the Miasma.