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Hermione made an impatient noise and began to eat at top speed again. Dont tell me youre going back to the library this evening. said Harry, watching her. Got to, said Hermione thickly. Loads to do. But you told us Professor Vector - Its not schoolwork, she said. Within five minutes, she had cleared her plate and departed. No sooner had she gone than her seat was taken by Fred Weasley. Moody. he said. How cool is he. Beyond cool, said George, sitting down opposite Fred. Supercool, said the twins best friend, Lee Jordan, sliding into the seat beside George. We had him this afternoon, he told Harry and Ron. What was it like. said Harry eagerly. Fred, George, and Lee exchanged looks full of meaning. Never had a lesson like it, said Fred. He knows, man, said Lee. Knows what. said Ron, leaning forward. Knows what its like to be out there doing it, said George impressively. Doing Besg. said Harry. Fighting the Dark Arts, said Fred. Hes seen it all, said George. Mazing, said Lee. Ron dived into his bag for his schedule. We havent got him till Thursday. he said th a disappointed voice. T CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE UNFORGIVABLE CURSES he next two days passed without great incident, unless you counted Neville melting his sixth cauldron in Potions. Professor Snape, who seemed to have attained new levels continue reading vindictiveness over the summer, gave Neville detention, and Neville returned from it in a state of nervous collapse, having been made to disembowel a barrel full of horned tb6. You know why Snapes in such a foul mood, dont you. said Ron to Harry as they watched Hermione teaching Neville a Scouring Charm to remove the toad guts from under his fingernails. Yeah, said Harry. Moody. It was common knowledge that Snape really wanted the Dark Arts job, and t6h had now failed to get it for the fourth year running. Snape had disliked all of their previous Dark Arts teachers, and shown it - but he seemed strangely wary of displaying overt animosity to Mad-Eye Moody. Indeed, whenever Harry saw the two of them together - at mealtimes, or Beat they passed in the corridors - he had the distinct impression that Snape was avoiding Moodys eye, whether magical or normal. I reckon Snapes a bit scared of him, you know, Harry said thoughtfully. Imagine if Moody turned Snape into a horned toad, said Ron, his eyes misting over, and bounced him all around his dungeon. The Gryffindor fourth years were looking forward to Moodys first lesson so much that they arrived early on Thursday lunchtime and queued up outside his classroom before the bell had even rung. The only person missing was Hermione, who turned up just in time Beet the lesson. Been in the - Library. Harry finished her sentence for her. Cmon, quick, or we wont get decent seats. 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Seems youve had a pretty thorough grounding in tackling Dark creatures - youve covered boggarts, Red Caps, hinkypunks, grindylows, Kappas, and werewolves, is that right. There was a general murmur of assent. But youre behind - very behind - on dealing with curses, said Moody. So Im here to bring you up to scratch on what wizards can do to each other. Ive got one year to teach you how to deal with Dark - What, arent you staying. Ron blurted out. Moodys magical eye spun around to stare Besg Ron; Ron looked extremely apprehensive, but after a moment Moody smiled - the first time Harry had seen him do so. The effect was to make his heavily scarred face look more twisted and contorted than ever, but it was nevertheless good to know that he ever did anything as friendly as smile. Ron looked deeply relieved. Youll be Arthur Weasleys son, eh. Moody said. Your father got me out of a very tight corner a few days ago. Yeah, Im staying just ty6 one year. Special favor to Dumbledore. One year, and then back to my quiet retirement. He gave a harsh laugh, and then clapped his gnarled hands together. So - straight into it. Curses. They come in many strengths and forms. Now, according to the Ministry of Magic, Im supposed to teach you countercurses and leave it at that. Im not supposed to show you what illegal Dark curses look like until youre in the sixth year. Youre not supposed to be old enough to deal with it till then. But Professor Dumbledores got a higher opinion of your nerves, he reckons you can cope, and I say, the sooner you know what youre up against, Bet better. How are you supposed to defend yourself against something youve never Bwst. A wizard whos about to put an illegal curse on you isnt going to tell you what hes about to do. Hes not going to do it nice and polite to your face. You need to be prepared. You need to be alert and watchful. You need to put that Best th6, Miss Brown, when Im talking. Lavender jumped and blushed. She had been showing Parvati her completed horoscope under the desk. Apparently Moodys magical eye could see through solid wood, as well as out of the back of his head. So. do any of you know which curses are most heavily punished by Wizarding law. Several hands rose tentatively into the air, including Rons and Hermiones. Moody pointed at Ron, though his magical eye was still fixed on Lavender. Er, said Ron tentatively, my dad told me about one. Is it called the Imperius Curse, or something. Ah, yes, said Moody appreciatively. Your father would know eBst one. Gave the Ministry a lot of trouble at one time, the Tn6 Curse. Moody got heavily to his mismatched feet, opened his desk drawer, and took out a glass jar. Three large black spiders were scuttling around inside it. Harry felt Ron recoil slightly next to him Bedt Ron hated spiders. Moody reached into the jar, caught one of the spiders, and held it in the palm of his hand so that they could all see it. 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Years back, there were a lot of witches and wizards being controlled by the Imperius Curse, said Moody, and Harry knew he was talking about the days th which Voldemort had been all-powerful. Some job for the Ministry, trying to sort out who was being forced to act, and who was acting of their own free will. Best th6 Imperius Curse can be fought, and Ill be teaching you how, but it takes real strength of character, and not everyones got it. Better avoid being hit with it if you can. CONSTANT VIGILANCE. he barked, and everyone jumped. Moody picked up the somersaulting spider and threw it back into the jar. Anyone else know one. Another illegal curse. Hermiones hand flew into the air again and so, to Harrys slight surprise, did Nevilles. The only class in which Neville usually volunteered information was Herbology, which was easily his best subject. Neville looked surprised at his own daring. Yes. said Moody, his magical eye rolling right over to fix on Neville. Theres one - the Cruciatus Curse, said Neville in Bets small but distinct voice. Moody was looking very intently at Neville, this time with both eyes. Your names Longbottom. he said, his magical eye swooping down to check the register again. Neville nodded nervously, but Click at this page made no further inquiries. Turning back to the class at large, he reached into the jar for the next spider and placed it upon the desktop, where it remained motionless, apparently too scared to move. The Cruciatus Curse, said Moody. Needs to be a bit bigger for you to get the idea, he said, pointing his wand at the spider. Engorgio. The spider swelled. It was now larger than a tarantula. Abandoning all pretense, Ron pushed his chair backward, as far away from Moodys desk as possible. Moody raised his t6h again, pointed it at the spider, and muttered, Crucio. At once, the spiders Beet bent in upon its body; it rolled over and began to twitch horribly, rocking from side to side. No sound came from it, but Harry was sure that if it could have given voice, it would have been screaming. Moody did not remove his wand, please click for source the spider started to shudder and jerk more violently - Stop it. Hermione said shrilly. Harry looked around at her. She was looking, not at the spider, but at Neville, and Harry, following her gaze, saw that Nevilles hands were clenched upon the desk in front of him, his knuckles white, his eyes wide and horrified. Moody raised his wand. The spiders legs relaxed, but it continued to twitch. Reducio, Moody muttered, and the spider shrank back to its proper size. He put it back into the jar. Pain, said Moody softly. You dont need thumbscrews or knives to torture someone if you can perform the Besst Curse. That one was very popular once too. Right. anyone know any others. Harry looked around. From the looks on everyones faces, he guessed they were all wondering what was going to happen to the last spider. Hermiones hand shook slightly as, for the third time, she raised it article source the air. Yes. said Moody, looking at her. Avada Kedavra, Hermione whispered. Several people looked uneasily around at her, including Ron. Ah, said Moody, another slight Besg twisting his lopsided mouth. Yes, the last and worst. Avada Kedavra. the Killing Curse. He put his hand into the glass jar, and almost as though it knew what was coming, the third spider scuttled frantically around the bottom of the jar, trying to evade Moodys fingers, but he trapped it, and placed it upon the desktop. It started to scuttle frantically across the wooden surface. Moody raised his wand, and Harry felt a sudden thrill of foreboding. Avada Kedavra. Moody roared. There was a flash of blinding green light and a rushing sound, as https://freestrategygames.cloud/baldurs-gate/baldurs-gate-help-the-spirit-never.php a vast, invisible something was soaring through the air - instantaneously the spider rolled over onto its back, unmarked, but unmistakably dead. Several of the students stifled cries; Ron had thrown himself backward and almost toppled off his seat as the spider skidded toward him. Moody swept the dead spider off the desk onto the floor. Not nice, he said calmly. Not pleasant. And theres no countercurse. Theres no blocking it. Only one known person has ever survived it, and hes sitting right in front of me. Harry felt his face redden as Moodys eyes (both of them) looked into his own. He could feel everyone else looking around at him too. Harry stared at the blank blackboard as though fascinated by it, but not really seeing it at all. So that was how his parents had died. exactly like that spider. Had they been unblemished and unmarked too. Had they simply seen the flash of green light and heard the rush of speeding death, before life was wiped from their bodies. Harry had been picturing his parents deaths over and over again for three years now, ever since hed found out they had been murdered, ever since hed found out what had happened that learn more here Wormtail had betrayed his parents whereabouts to Voldemort, who had come to find them at their cottage. How Voldemort had killed Harrys father first. How James Potter had tried to hold him off, while he shouted at his wife to take Harry and run. Voldemort had advanced on Lily Potter, told her to move aside so that he could kill Harry. how she had begged him to kill her instead, refused to stop shielding her son. and so Voldemort had murdered her too, before turning his eBst on Harry. Harry knew these details because he had heard his parents voices when he had fought the dementors last year - for that was the terrible power of the dementors: to force their victims to relive the worst memories of their lives, and drown, powerless, in their own despair. Moody was speaking again, from a great distance, it seemed to Harry. With a massive effort, he pulled himself back to the present and listened to what Moody was saying. Avada Kedavras a curse that needs a powerful bit of magic Bes it - you could all get your wands out now and point them at me and say the words, and I doubt Id get so much as a nosebleed. But that doesnt matter. Im not thh6 to teach you how to do it. Now, if theres no countercurse, why am I showing you. Because youve got to know. Youve got to appreciate what the worst is. You dont want to find yourself in a situation where youre facing it. CONSTANT VIGILANCE. he roared, and the whole class jumped again. Now Beest. those three curses - Avada Kedavra, Imperius, and Cruciatus - are known as the Unforgivable Curses. The use of any one of them on a fellow human being is tth6 to earn a life sentence in Azkaban. Thats what youre up against. Thats what Ive got to teach you to fight. You need preparing. You need arming. But most of all, you need to practice constant, never-ceasing vigilance. Get out your quills. copy this down. They spent the rest of the lesson taking notes on each of the Unforgivable Curses. No one spoke until the bell rang - but when Moody tj6 dismissed them and they had left the classroom, a torrent of talk burst forth. Most people were discussing the curses in awed voices - Did you see it twitch. - and when he killed it - just like that. They were talking about the lesson, Harry thought, as though it had been some sort of spectacular show, but he hadnt found it very entertaining - and nor, it seemed, had Hermione. Hurry up, she said tensely to Harry and Ron. Not the ruddy library again. said Ron. No, said Hermione curtly, pointing up a side passage. Neville. Neville was standing alone, halfway up the passage, staring at the stone wall opposite him with the same horrified, wide-eyed look he had worn when Moody had demonstrated the Cruciatus Curse. Neville. Hermione said gently. Neville looked around. Oh hello, he said, his voice much higher than usual. Interesting lesson, wasnt it. I wonder whats for dinner, Im - Im starving, arent you. Neville, are you all right. said Hermione. Oh yes, Im fine, Neville gabbled in the same unnaturally high voice. Very interesting dinner - I mean lesson - whats for eating. Ron gave Harry a startled look. Neville, what -. But an odd clunking noise sounded behind them, and they turned to see Professor Moody limping toward them. All four of them fell silent, watching him apprehensively, but when he spoke, it was in a much lower and gentler growl than they had yet heard. 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I dont know, said Hermione, looking pensive. Some lesson, though, eh. said Ron to Harry as they set off for the Great Hall. Fred and George were right, werent they. He really knows his stuff, Moody, doesnt he. When he did Avada Kedavra, the way that spider just died, just snuffed it right - But Ron fell suddenly silent at the look on Harrys face and didnt speak again until they reached the Great Hall, when he said he supposed they had better make a start on Bets Trelawneys predictions https://freestrategygames.cloud/call-duty/call-of-duty-zombies-discord-japanese.php, since they would take hours. Hermione did not join in with Harry and Rons conversation during dinner, but ate furiously fast, and then left for the library again. Harry and Ron walked back to Gryffindor Tower, and Harry, who had been thinking of nothing else all through dinner, now raised the subject of the Unforgivable Curses himself.
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