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Two Muggle policemen PC Anderson and Sergeant Fisher are chasing a motorbike which is breaking the speed limit into a dead-end alley. They confront the two youths, and ask their names. After some joking, the boys introduce themselves as Sirius Black and James Potter. As the policemen attempt... read more

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  • “Sergeant Fisher: No helmets! Exceeding the speed limit by--by a considerable amount! Failing to stop for the police! | James Potter: We'd have loved to stop for a chat only we were trying-- | PC Anderson: Names! | Sirius Black: Names? Er--well, let's see. There's Wilberforce. . . Bathsheba. . . Elvendork. . . | James Potter: And what's nice about that one is, you can use it for a boy or a girl. | Sirius Black: Oh, our names, did you mean? You should've said! This here is James Potter, and I'm Sirius Black! | PC Anderson: Things'll be seriously black for you in a minute, you cheeky little--”
  • “From the prequel I am not working on--but that was fun!”
    J.K. Rowling
  • “There was so little space between the car doors and the walls of the alley that Fisher and Anderson had difficulty extricating themselves from the vehicle. It injured their dignity to have to inch, crab-like, towards the miscreants. Fisher dragged his generous belly along the wall, tearing buttons off his shirt as he went, and finally snapping off the wing mirror with his backside.”

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The speeding motorcycle took the sharp corner so fast in the darkness that both policemen in the pursuing car shouted "Whoa!"

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Chapter Zero (Written/Original Draft)
Chapter Zero: The Prequel

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This is book 1 of 11 in Harry Potter Universe. (universe)

Followed by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

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  1. J. K. Rowling (Author)

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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: June 11, 2008
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Page Count: 4

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