Chapter 17 & 18:Cat Rat And Dog/Moony Wormtail Padfoot And Prongs
What starts as a rescue mission… turns into one of the biggest reveals in the entire series. 😳
In this episode of Books and Butterbeer, Johnna and Katie dive into Chapters 17 & 18, where chaos explodes under the Whomping Willow and nothing—literally nothing—is what it seems.
It begins with a frantic chase:
A rat. A cat. A massive black dog.
And suddenly—Ron is dragged into the roots of the Whomping Willow.
What follows is a dark, twisting journey into the Shrieking Shack… where Sirius Black is finally revealed—and immediately proves he is not what we expected.
But before anyone can make sense…
The skinny
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