Sirius não deu a Harry o espelho de duas mãos até Ordem da Fênix, quase dois anos depois que ele escapou de Azkaban e se reuniu com Harry. Desde então, eles passaram muito tempo encontrando maneiras difíceis de se comunicar. Escrever cartas em código e através de lareiras que era extremamente arriscado.
"Harry look back into the flames, and jumped. Sirius's head was sitting in the fire. If Harry hadn't seen Mr. Diggory do exactly this back in the Weasleys' kitchen, it would have scared him out of his wits. Instead, his face breaking into the first smile he had worn for days, he scrambled out of his chair, crouched down by the hearth, and said, "Sirius how are you doing?"
Harry Potter Goblet of Fire page 331
Em seguida, mais tarde, na página 332
He had let Harry talk himself into silence without interruption but now he said, "Dragons we can deal with, Harry, but we'll get to that in a minute-I haven't got long here... I've broken into a Wizarding house to use the fire, but they could be back at any time. There are things I need to warn you about."
Também era arriscado e perigoso falar através do fogo, por exemplo, página 335
"Go!" he hissed at Sirius. "Go! There's someone coming!" Harry scramble to his feet, hiding the fire,- if someone saw Sirius's face within the walls of Hogwarts, they would raise an almighty uproar- the Ministry would get dragged in- he, Harry, would be questioned about Sirius's whereabouts-
Por que Sirius não deu a Harry o espelho de duas faces que ele e James costumavam falar quando eram jovens? Eu sei que eles não se viam desde que escaparam do Buckbeak. Ele poderia ter dado a Dumbledore para passar para Harry. Por que esperar tanto para dar a Harry uma maneira fácil e segura de se comunicar?