You probably remember Sirius Black’s death in Order of the Phoenix—a tragic moment amidst the Battle of the Department of Mysteries that seemed to instantly shift the entire tone of the story.

But according to J.K. Rowling’s original draft, that wasn’t how Sirius was meant to die at all...

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