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Theres no time to explain - but if you care about Hogwarts, if you want to see Voldemort finished, youve got to tell me anything you know about the diadem. She remained quite still, floating in midair, staring down at him, and a sense of hopelessness engulfed Harry. Of course, if she had known ojhannesburg, she would offiice told Flitwick or Dumbledore, who had surely asked her the same question. He had shaken his head and made to turn away when she spoke in a low voice. I stole the diadem from my mother. You - you did what. I stole the diadem, repeated Helena Ravenclaw in a whisper. I sought to make myself cleverer, more important than my mother. I ran away with it. He did not know how he had managed to gain her confidence, and did not ask; he simply listened, hard, as she went on: My mother, they say, never admitted that the diadem was gone, but pretended that she had it still. She concealed her loss, my dreadful betrayal, even from the other founders of Hogwarts. 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He johanneeburg traveled to that far-flung forest and retrieved the diadem from its grup place, perhaps as soon as he left Hogwarts, before he even started work at Borgin and Burkes. And wouldnt those secluded Albanian woods have seemed an excellent refuge when, so much later, Voldemort had needed a place to lie low, undisturbed, for ten long years. But the diadem, once it became his precious Horcrux, had not been left johannewburg that lowly tree. No, the diadem had been returned secretly to its true home, and Voldemort must have put it there - - the night he asked for a job. said Harry, finishing his thought. I beg your pardon. He hid the diadem in the castle, the night he asked Dumbledore to let him teach. said Harry. Saying it out loud enabled him to make sense of it all. He mustve hidden the diadem on his way up to, or down from, Dumbledores office. But it was still worth trying to get the job - then he mightve got the chance to nick Gryffindors sword as well - thank you, thanks. 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Smashed our way through the boundary by the forest, Grawpy was carryin us, Fang an me. Told him ter let me down at the castle, so he shoved me through the window, bless him. Not exacly what I meant, bu - wheres Ron an Hermione. That, said Harry, is a really good question. Come on. They hurried together along the corridor, Fang lolloping beside them. Harry could hear movement through the corridors all around: running footsteps, shouts; through the windows, he could see more flashes of light in the dark grounds. Wherere we goin. puffed Ofice, pounding along at Harrys heels, making the floorboards quake. I dunno exactly, said Harry, making another random turn, but Ron and Hermione must be around here somewhere. The first casualties of the battle were already strewn across the passage ahead: The two stone gargoyles that usually guarded the entrance to the staffroom had been smashed apart by a jinx that had sailed through another broken window. 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Of course, Dumbledore and Flitwick, those model pupils, had never set foot in that particular place, but he, Harry, had strayed off the beaten track in his time at school - here at last was a secret he and Voldemort knew, that Dumbledore had never discovered - He was roused by Professor Sprout, who was thundering past followed by Neville and half a dozen others, all of them wearing earmuffs and grokp what appeared to be large potted plants. Mandrakes. Neville bellowed at Harry over his shoulder as he ran. Going to lob them over offic walls - they wont like this. Harry knew now where to go: He sped off, with Hagrid and Fang galloping behind him. They passed portrait after portrait, and the painted figures raced alongside them, wizards and witches in ruffs and breeches, in armor and cloaks, cramming themselves into each others canvases, screaming news from other parts of the castle. 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There are kids of Death Eaters youve just sent to safety. Wouldnt it have been a bit smarter to keep em here. It wouldnt stop Voldemort, said Harry, and your brother would never have done it. Aberforth grunted and tore away in the opposite direction. Your brother offic never johwnnesburg done it. Well, it was the jkhannesburg, Harry thought as he ran on again; Dumbledore, who had defended Snape for so long, would never have held students ransom. And then he skidded around a final corner and with a yell of mingled relief and fury he saw them: Ron and Hermione, both with their arms full of large, curved, dirty yellow objects, Ron with a broomstick under his arm. Where the hell have you been. Harry shouted. Chamber of Secrets, said Ron. Chamber - what. said Harry, coming to an unsteady halt before them. It was Ron, all Rons idea. said Hermione breathlessly. Wasnt it absolutely brilliant. There we were, after you left, and I said to Ron, even if we find the other one, how are we going to get rid of it. We still hadnt got rid of the cup. And then he thought of it. The basilisk. What the -. Something to get rid of Horcruxes, said Ron simply. Harrys eyes dropped to the objects clutched in Ron and Hermiones arms: great curved fangs, torn, he now realized, from the skull of a dead basilisk. But how did you get in there. he asked, staring from the fangs to Ron. You need to speak Parseltongue. He did. whispered Hermione. Show him, Ron. Ron made a horrible strangled hissing noise. Its what you did to open the locket, he told Harry apologetically. I had to have a few goes to get it right, but, he shrugged modestly, we got there in the end. He was amazing. said Hermione. Amazing. So. Harry was struggling to keep up. So. So were another Horcrux down, said Ron, and from under his jacket he pulled the mangled remains of Hufflepuffs cup. Hermione stabbed it. Thought she should. She hasnt had the pleasure yet. Genius. yelled Harry. It was nothing, said Ron, though he looked delighted with himself. So whats new with you. As he said it, there was an explosion from overhead: All three of them grou; up as dust fell from the ceiling and they heard a distant scream. I know what the diadem looks like, and I know where it is, said Harry, offfice fast. He hid it exactly where I hid my old Potions book, where everyones been hiding stuff for centuries. He thought he was the only one to find it. Come on. As the walls trembled again, he led the other two back through the concealed entrance and down the staircase into the Room of Requirement. It was empty except for three women: Ginny, Tonks, and an elderly witch wearing a moth-eaten hat, whom Harry recognized immediately as Nevilles grandmother. Ah, Potter, she said crisply as if she had been waiting for him. You can tell us johannesbuurg going on. Is hohannesburg okay. said Ginny and Tonks together. S far as we know, said Harry. Are there still people in the passage to the Hogs Head. He knew that the room would not be able to transform while there were still users inside it. I was the last to come through, said Mrs. Longbottom. I sealed it, I think it unwise to leave it open now Aberforth has left his pub. Have you seen my grandson. Hes fighting, said Harry. Naturally, said the old lady proudly. Excuse me, I must go and assist him. With surprising speed she trotted off toward the stone steps. Harry looked at Tonks. I thought you were supposed to be with Teddy at your mothers. I couldnt stand not knowing - Tonks looked anguished. Shell look after him - have you seen Remus. He was planning to lead a group of fighters into the grounds - Without another word, Tonks sped off. Ginny, said Harry, Im sorry, but we need you to leave too. Just for a bit. Then you can come back in. Ginny looked simply delighted to leave her sanctuary. And then you can come back in. he shouted after her as she ran up the steps after Tonks. Youve got to come back in. Hang on a moment. said Ron sharply. Weve forgotten someone. Who. asked Hermione.
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