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Hagrid, he killed. Killed. said Hagrid loudly, staring down at Harry. Snape killed. Whatre yeh on abou, Harry. Dumbledore, said Harry. Snape killed. Dumbledore. Hagrid simply looked at him, the little of his face that could be seen completely blank, uncomprehending. Dumbledore wha, Harry. Hes dead. Snape killed him. Don say that, said Hagrid roughly. Snape kill Dumbledore - don be stupid, Harry. Whas made yeh say tha. I saw it happen. Yeh couldn have. I saw it, Hagrid. Hagrid shook his head; his expression was disbelieving but sympathetic, and Harry knew that Hagrid thought he had sustained a blow to the head, that he was confused, perhaps by the aftereffects of a jinx. What musta happened was, Dumbledore musta told Snape ter go with them Death Eaters, Hagrid said confidently. I suppose hes gotta keep his cover. Look, lets get yeh back up ter the school. Come on, Harry. Harry did not attempt to argue or explain. He was still shaking uncontrollably. Hagrid would find out soon enough, too soon. As they directed their steps back toward the castle, Harry saw that many of its windows were lit now. He could imagine, clearly, the scenes inside as people moved from room to room, telling each other that Death Eaters had got in, that the Mark was shining over Hogwarts, that somebody must have been killed. The oak front doors stood open ahead of them, light flooding out onto the drive and the lawn. Slowly, uncertainly, dressing-gowned people were creeping down the steps, looking around nervously for some sign of the Death Eaters who had fled into the night. Harrys eyes, however, were fixed upon the ground at the foot of the tallest tower. He imagined that he could see a black, huddled mass lying in the grass there, though he was really too far away to see anything of the sort. Even as he stared wordlessly at the place where he thought Dumbledores body must lie, however, he saw people beginning to move toward it. Whatre they all lookin at. said Hagrid, as he and Harry approached the castle front, Fang keeping as close as he could to their ankles. Whas tha, lyin on the grass. Hagrid added sharply, heading now toward the foot of the Astronomy Tower, where a small crowd was congregating. See it, Harry. Righ at the foot o the tower. Under where the Mark. Blimey. yeh don think someone got thrown -. Hagrid fell silent, the thought apparently too horrible to express aloud. Harry walked alongside him, feeling the aches and pains in his face and his legs where the various hexes of the last half hour had hit him, though in an oddly detached way, as though somebody near him was suffering them. What was real and inescapable was the awful pressing feeling in his chest. He and Hagrid moved, dreamlike, through the murmuring crowd to the very front, where the dumbstruck students and teachers had left a gap. Harry heard Hagrids moan of pain and shock, but he did not stop; he walked slowly forward until he reached the place where Dumbledore lay and crouched down beside him. He had known there was no hope from the moment that the full Body-Bind Curse Dumbledore had placed upon him lifted, known that it could have happened only because its caster was dead, but there was still no preparation for seeing him here, spread-eagled, broken: the greatest wizard Harry had ever, or would ever, meet. Dumbledores eyes were closed; but for the strange angle of his arms and legs, he might have been sleeping. Harry reached out, straightened the halfmoon spectacles upon the crooked nose, and wiped a trickle of blood from the mouth with his own sleeve. Then he gazed down at the wise old face and tried to absorb the enormous and incomprehensible truth: that never again would Dumbledore speak to him, never again could he help. The crowd murmured behind Harry. After what seemed like a long time, he became aware that he was kneeling upon something hard and looked down. The locket they had managed to steal so many hours before had fallen out of Dumbledores pocket. It had opened, perhaps due to the force with which it hit the ground. And although he could not feel more shock or horror or sadness than he felt already, Harry knew, as he picked it up, that there was something wrong. He turned the locket over in his hands. This was neither as large as the locket he remembered seeing in the Pensieve, nor were there any markings upon it, no sign of the ornate S that was supposed to be Slytherins mark. Moreover, there was nothing inside but for a scrap of folded parchment wedged tightly into the place where a portrait should have been. Automatically, without really thinking about what he was doing, Harry pulled out the fragment of parchment, opened it, and read by the light of the many wands that had now been lit behind him: To the Dark Lord I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret. I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I Diablo 4 doombringer reddit. I face death in the hope that when you meet your match, you will be mortal once more. Harry neither knew nor cared what the message meant. Only one thing mattered: This was not a Horcrux. Dumbledore had weakened himself by drinking that terrible potion for nothing. Harry crumpled the parchment in his hand, and his eyes burned with tears as behind him Fang began to howl. C CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE THE PHOENIX LAMENT mere, Harry. Yeh canstay here, Harry. Come on, now. He did not want to leave Dumbledores side, he did not want to move anywhere. Hagrids hand on his shoulder was trembling. Then another voice said, Harry, come on. A much smaller and warmer hand had enclosed his and was pulling him upward. He obeyed its pressure without really thinking about it. Only as he walked blindly back through the crowd did he realize, from a trace of flowery scent on the air, that it was Ginny who was leading him back into the castle. Incomprehensible voices battered him, sobs and shouts and wails stabbed the night, but Harry and Ginny walked on, back up the steps into the entrance hall. Faces swam on the edges of Harrys vision, people were peering at him, whispering, wondering, and Gryffindor rubies funny pubg easy victor pictures on the floor like drops of blood as they made their way toward the marble staircase. Were going to the hospital wing, said Ginny. Im not hurt, said Harry. Its McGonagalls orders, said Ginny. Everyones up there, Ron and Hermione and Lupin and everyone - Fear stirred in Harrys chest again: He had forgotten the inert figures he had left behind. Ginny, who else is dead. Dont worry, none of us. But the Dark Mark - Malfoy said he stepped over a body - He stepped over Bill, but its all right, hes alive. There was something in her voice, however, that Harry knew boded ill. Are you sure. Of course Im sure. hes a - a bit of a mess, thats all. Greyback attacked him. Madam Pomfrey says he wont - wont look the same anymore. Ginnys voice trembled a little. We dont really know what the aftereffects will learn more here - I mean, Greyback being a werewolf, but not transformed at the time. But the others. There were other bodies on the ground. Neville and Professor Flitwick are both hurt, but Madam Pomfrey says theyll be all right. And a Death Eaters dead, he got hit by a Killing Curse that huge blond one was firing off everywhere - Harry, if we hadnt had your Felix potion, I think wed all have been killed, but everything seemed to just miss us - They had reached the hospital wing. Pushing open the doors, Harry saw Neville lying, apparently asleep, in a bed near the door. Ron, Hermione, Luna, Tonks, and Lupin were gathered around another bed near the far end of the ward. At the sound of the doors opening, they all looked up. Hermione ran to Harry and hugged him; Lupin moved forward too, looking anxious. Are you all right, Harry. Im fine. Hows Link. Nobody answered. Harry looked over Hermiones shoulder and saw an unrecognizable face lying on Bills pillow, so badly slashed and ripped that he looked grotesque. Madam Pomfrey was dabbing at his wounds with some harsh-smelling green ointment. Harry remembered how Snape had mended Malfoys Sectumsempra wounds so easily with his wand. Cant you deck xbox steam pass game no them with a charm or something. he asked the matron. No charm will work on these, said Madam Pomfrey. Ive tried everything I know, but there is no cure for werewolf bites. But he wasnt bitten at the full moon, said Ron, who was gazing down into his brothers face as though he could somehow force him to mend just by staring. Greyback hadnt transformed, so surely Bill wont be a - a real -. He looked uncertainly at Lupin. No, I dont think that Bill will be a true werewolf, said Lupin, but that does not mean that there wont be some contamination. Those are cursed wounds. They are unlikely ever to heal fully, and - and Bill might have some wolfish characteristics from now on. Dumbledore might know something thatd work, though, Ron said. Where is he. Bill fought those maniacs on Dumbledores orders, Dumbledore owes him, he cant leave him https://freestrategygames.cloud/pubg/pubg-quoc-te-ban.php this state - Ron - Dumbledores dead, said Ginny. Lupin looked wildly from Ginny to Harry, as though hoping the latter might contradict her, but when Harry did not, Lupin collapsed into a chair beside Bills bed, his hands over his face. Harry had never seen Lupin lose control before; he felt as though he was intruding upon something private, indecent. He turned away and caught Rons eye instead, exchanging in silence a look that confirmed what Ginny had said. How did he die. whispered Tonks. How did it happen. Snape killed him, said Harry. I was there, I saw it. We arrived back on the Astronomy Tower because thats where the Mark was. Dumbledore was ill, he was weak, but I think he realized it was a trap when we heard footsteps running up the stairs. He immobilized me, I couldnt do anything, I was under the Invisibility Cloak - and then Malfoy came through the door and disarmed him - Hermione clapped her hands to her mouth and Ron groaned. Lunas mouth trembled. - more Death Eaters arrived - and then Snape - and Snape did it. The Avada Kedavra. Harry couldnt go on. Madam Pomfrey burst into tears. Nobody paid her any attention except Ginny, who whispered, Shh. Listen. Gulping, Madam Pomfrey pressed her fingers to her mouth, her eyes wide. Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a way Harry had never heard before: a stricken lament of terrible beauty. And Harry felt, as he had felt about phoenix song before, that the music was inside him, not without: It was his own grief turned magically to song that echoed across the grounds and through the castle windows. How long they all stood there, listening, he did not know, nor why it seemed to ease their pain a little to listen to the sound of their mourning, but it felt like a long time later that the hospital door opened again and Professor McGonagall entered the ward. Like all the rest, she bore marks of the recent battle: There were grazes on her face and her robes were ripped. Molly and Arthur are on their way, she said, and the spell of the music was broken: Everyone roused themselves as though coming out of trances, turning again to look at Bill, or else to rub their own eyes, shake their heads. Harry, what happened. According to Hagrid you were with Professor Dumbledore when he - when it happened. He says Professor Snape was involved in some - Snape killed Dumbledore, said Harry. She stared at him for a moment, then swayed alarmingly; Madam Pomfrey, who seemed to have pulled herself together, ran forward, conjuring a chair from thin air, which she pushed under McGonagall. Snape, repeated McGonagall faintly, falling into the chair. We all wondered. but he trusted. always. Snape. I cant believe it. Snape was a highly accomplished Occlumens, said Lupin, his voice uncharacteristically harsh. We always knew that. But Dumbledore swore he was on our side. whispered Tonks. I always thought Dumbledore must know something about Snape that we didnt. He always hinted that he had an ironclad reason for trusting Snape, muttered Professor McGonagall, now dabbing at the corners of her click at this page eyes with a tartan-edged handkerchief. I mean. with Snapes history. of course people were bound to wonder. but Dumbledore told me explicitly that Snapes repentance was absolutely genuine. Wouldnt hear a word against him. Id love to know what Snape told him to convince him, said Tonks. I know, said Harry, and they all turned to look at him. Snape passed Voldemort the information that Diablo 4 doombringer reddit Voldemort hunt down my mum and dad. Then Snape told Dumbledore he hadnt realized what he was doing, he was really sorry hed done it, sorry that they were dead. They all stared at him. And Dumbledore believed that. said Lupin incredulously. Dumbledore believed Snape was sorry James was dead. Snape hated James. And he didnt think my mother was worth a damn either, said Harry, because she was Muggle-born. Mudblood, he called her. Nobody asked how Harry knew this. All of them click here to be lost in horrified shock, trying to digest the monstrous truth of what had happened. This is all my fault, said Professor McGonagall suddenly. She looked disoriented, twisting her wet handkerchief in her hands. My fault. I sent Filius to fetch Snape tonight, I actually sent for him to come and help us. If I hadnt alerted Snape to what was going on, he might never have joined forces with the Death Eaters. I dont think he knew they were there before Filius told him, I dont think he knew they were coming. It isnt your fault, Minerva, said Lupin firmly. We all wanted more help, we were glad to think Snape was on his way. So when he arrived at the fight, he joined in on the Death Eaters side. asked Harry, who wanted every detail of Snapes duplicity and infamy, feverishly collecting more reasons to hate him, to swear vengeance. I dont know exactly how it happened, said Professor McGonagall distractedly. Its all so confusing. Dumbledore had told us that he would be leaving the school for a few hours and that we were to patrol the corridors just in case. Remus, Bill, and Nymphadora were to join us. and so we patrolled. All seemed quiet. Every secret passageway out of the school was covered. We knew nobody could fly in. There were powerful enchantments on every entrance into the castle. I still dont know how the Death Eaters can possibly have entered. I do, said Harry, and he explained, briefly, about the pair of Vanishing Cabinets and the magical pathway they formed. So they Diablo 4 doombringer reddit in through the Room of Requirement. Almost against his will he glanced from Ron to Hermione, both of whom looked devastated. I messed up, Harry, said Ron bleakly. We did like you told us: We checked the Marauders Map and we couldnt see Malfoy on it, so we thought he must be in the Room of Requirement, so me, Ginny, and Neville went to keep watch on it. but Malfoy got past us. He came out of the room about an hour after we started keeping watch, said Ginny. He was on his own, clutching that awful shriveled arm - His Hand of Glory, said Ron. Gives light only to the holder, remember. Anyway, Ginny went on, he must have been checking whether the coast was clear to let the Death Eaters out, because the moment he saw us he threw something into the air and it all went pitch-black - - Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder, said Ron bitterly. Fred and Georges. Im going to be having a word with them about who they let buy their products. We tried everything, Lumos, Incendio, said Ginny. Nothing would penetrate the darkness; all we could do was grope our way out of the corridor again, and meanwhile we could hear people rushing past us. Obviously Malfoy could see because of that hand thing and was guiding them, but we didnt dare use any curses or anything in case we hit each other, and by the time wed reached a corridor that was light, theyd gone. Luckily, said Lupin hoarsely, Ron, Ginny, and Neville ran into us almost immediately and told us what had happened. We found the Death Eaters minutes later, heading in the direction of the Astronomy Tower. Malfoy obviously hadnt expected more people to be on the watch; he seemed to have exhausted his supply of Darkness Powder, at any rate. A fight broke out, they scattered and we gave chase. One of them, Gibbon, broke away and headed up the tower stairs - To set off the Mark. asked Harry. He must have done, yes, they must have arranged that before they left the Room of Requirement, said Lupin. But I dont think Gibbon liked the idea of waiting up there alone for Dumbledore, because he came running back downstairs to rejoin the fight and was hit by a Killing Curse that just missed me. So if Ron was watching the Room of Requirement with Ginny and Neville, said Harry, turning to Hermione, were you -. Outside Snapes office, yes, whispered Hermione, her eyes sparkling with tears, with Luna. We hung around for ages outside it and nothing happened. We didnt know what was going on upstairs, Ron had taken the map. It was nearly midnight when Professor Flitwick came sprinting down into the dungeons. He was shouting about Death Eaters in the castle, I dont apex legends algs year 3 he really registered that Luna and I were there at all, he just burst his way into Snapes office and we heard him saying that Snape had to go back with him and help and then we heard a loud thump and Snape came hurtling out of his room and he saw us and - and - What. Harry urged her. I was so stupid, Harry. said Hermione in a high-pitched whisper. He said Professor Flitwick had collapsed and that we should go and take care of him while he - while he went to help fight the Death Eaters - She covered her face in shame and continued to talk into her fingers, so that her voice was muffled. We went into his office to see if we could help Professor Flitwick and found him unconscious on the floor. and oh, its so obvious now, Snape must have Stupefied Flitwick, but we didnt realize, Harry, we didnt realize, we just let Snape go. Its not your fault, said Lupin firmly. Hermione, had you not obeyed Snape and got out of the way, he probably would have killed you and Luna. So then he came upstairs, said Harry, who was watching Snape running up the marble strategy games 3ds in his minds eye, his black robes billowing behind him as ever, pulling his wand from under his cloak as he ascended, and he found the place where you were all fighting. We were in trouble, see more were losing, said Tonks in a low voice. Gibbon was down, but the rest of the Death Eaters seemed ready to fight to the death. Neville had been hurt, Bill had been savaged by Greyback. It was all dark. curses flying everywhere. The Malfoy boy had vanished, he must have slipped past, up the stairs. then more of them ran after https://freestrategygames.cloud/xbox/grand-theft-auto-lcs.php, but one of them blocked check this out stair behind them with some kind of curse. Neville ran at it and got thrown up into the air - None of us could break through, said Ron, and that massive Death Eater was still firing off jinxes all over the place, they were bouncing off the walls and barely missing us. And then Snape was there, said Tonks, and then he wasnt - I saw him running toward us, but that huge Death Eaters jinx just missed me right afterward and I ducked and lost track of things, said Ginny. I saw him run straight through the cursed barrier as though it wasnt there, said Lupin. I tried to follow him, but was thrown back just like Neville. He must have known a spell we didnt, whispered McGonagall. After all - he was the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. I just assumed that he was in a hurry to chase after the Death Eaters whod escaped up to the tower. He was, said Harry savagely, but to help them, not to stop them. and Ill bet you had to have a Dark Mark to get through that barrier - so what happened when he came back down. Well, the big Death Eater had just fired off a hex that caused half the ceiling to fall in, and also broke the curse blocking the stairs, said Lupin. We all ran forward - those of us who were still standing anyway - and then Snape and the boy emerged out of the dust - obviously, none of us attacked them - We just let them pass, said Tonks in a hollow voice. We thought they were being chased by the Death Eaters - and next thing, the other Read steam community market uk you Eaters and Greyback were back and we were fighting again - I thought I heard Snape shout something, but I dont know what - He shouted, Its over, said Harry. Hed done what hed meant to do. They all fell silent. Fawkess lament was still echoing over the dark grounds outside. As the music reverberated upon the air, unbidden, unwelcome thoughts slunk into Harrys mind. Had they taken Dumbledores body from the foot of the tower yet. What would happen to it next. Where would it rest. He clenched his fists tightly in his pockets. He could feel the small cold lump of the fake Horcrux against the knuckles of his right hand. The doors of the hospital wing burst open, making them all jump: Mr. and Mrs. Weasley trophies apex legends striding up the ward, Fleur just behind them, her beautiful face terrified. Molly - Arthur - said Professor McGonagall, jumping up and hurrying to greet them. I am so sorry - Bill, whispered Mrs. Weasley, darting past Professor McGonagall as she caught sight of Bills mangled face. Oh, Bill. Lupin and Tonks had got up hastily and retreated so that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley could get nearer to the bed. Mrs. Weasley bent over her son and pressed her lips to his bloody forehead. You said Greyback attacked him. Weasley asked Professor McGonagall distractedly. But he hadnt transformed. So what does that mean. What will happen to Bill. We dont yet know, said Professor McGonagall, looking helplessly at Lupin. There will probably be some contamination, Arthur, said Lupin. It is an odd case, possibly unique. We dont know what his behavior might be like when he awakens. Mrs. Weasley took the nasty-smelling ointment from Madam Pomfrey and began dabbing at Bills wounds. And Dumbledore. said Mr. Weasley.

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Harry was surprised to see the Divination teacher, Professor Trelawney, sitting on Hagrids other side; she rarely left her tower room, and he had never seen her at the start-of-term feast before. She looked as odd as ever, glittering with beads and trailing shawls, her eyes magnified to enormous size click at this page her spectacles. Having always considered her a bit of a fraud, Harry had been shocked to discover at the consider, dota dota counter strike your of the previous term that it had been she who had made the prediction that caused Lord Voldemort to kill Harrys parents and attack Harry himself. The knowledge had made him even less eager to find himself in her company, but thankfully, this year he would be dropping Divination. Her great beaconlike eyes swiveled in his direction; he hastily looked away toward the Slytherin table. Draco Malfoy was miming the shattering of a nose to raucous laughter and applause. Harry dropped his gaze to his treacle tart, his insides burning again. What he would not give to fight Malfoy one-on-one. So what did Professor Slughorn want. Hermione asked. To know what really happened at the Ministry, said Harry. Him and everyone else here, sniffed Hermione. People were interrogating us about click to see more on the train, werent they, Ron. Yeah, said Ron. All wanting to know if you really are the Chosen One - There has been much talk on that very subject even amongst the ghosts, interrupted Nearly Headless Nick, inclining his barely connected head toward Harry so that it wobbled dangerously on its ruff. I am considered something of a Potter authority; it is widely known that we are friendly. I have assured the spirit community that I will not pester you for information, however. Harry Potter knows that he can confide in me with complete confidence, I told them. I would rather die than betray his trust. Thats not saying much, seeing as youre already dead, Ron observed. Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe, said Nearly Headless Nick in affronted tones, and he rose into the air and glided back toward the far end of the Gryffindor table just as Dumbledore got to his feet at the staff table. The talk and laughter echoing around the Hall died away almost instantly. The very best of evenings to you. he said, smiling broadly, his arms opened wide as though to embrace the whole room. What happened to his hand. gasped Hermione. She was not the only one who had noticed. Dumbledores right hand was as blackened and dead-looking as it had been on the night he had come to fetch Harry from the Dursleys. Whispers swept the room; Dumbledore, interpreting them correctly, merely smiled and shook his purple-and-gold sleeve over his injury. Nothing to worry about, he said airily. Now. to our new students, welcome, to our old students, welcome back. Another year full of magical education awaits you. His hand was like that when I saw him over the summer, Harry whispered to Hermione. I thought hed have cured it by now, though. or Madam Pomfrey wouldve done. It looks as if its died, said Hermione, with a nauseated expression. But there are some injuries you cant cure. old curses. and there are poisons without antidotes. and Mr. Filch, our caretaker, has asked me to say that there is a blanket ban on any joke items bought at the shop called Weasleys Wizard Wheezes. Those wishing to play for their House Quidditch teams should give their names to their Heads of House as usual. We are also looking for new Quidditch commentators, who should do likewise. We are pleased to welcome a new member of staff this year. Professor Slughorn - Slughorn stood up, his bald head gleaming in the candlelight, his big waistcoated belly casting the table below into shadow - is Can you steam remote play any game former colleague of mine who has agreed to resume his old post of Potions master. Potions. Potions. The word echoed all over the Hall as people Can you steam remote play any game whether they had heard right. Potions. said Ron and Hermione together, turning to stare at Harry. But you said - Professor Snape, meanwhile, said Dumbledore, raising his voice so that it carried over all the muttering, will be taking over the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. said Harry, so loudly that many heads turned in his direction. He did not care; he was staring up at the staff table, incensed. How could Snape be given the Defense Against the Dark Arts job after all this time. Hadnt it been widely known for years that Dumbledore did not trust him to do it. But Harry, you said that Slughorn was going to be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. said Hermione. I thought he was. said Harry, racking his brains to remember when Dumbledore had told him this, but now that he came to think of https://freestrategygames.cloud/download/call-of-duty-warzone-download-battle-net-videos.php, he was unable to recall Dumbledore ever pubg game title and name him what Slughorn would be teaching. Snape, who was sitting on Dumbledores right, did not stand up at the mention of his name; he merely raised a hand in lazy acknowledgment of the applause from the Slytherin table, yet Harry was sure he could detect a look of triumph on the features he loathed so much. Well, theres one good thing, he said savagely. Snapell be gone by the end of the year. What do you mean. asked Ron. That jobs jinxed. No ones lasted here than a year. Quirrell actually died doing it. Personally, Im going to keep my fingers crossed for another death. Harry. said Hermione, shocked and reproachful. He might just go back to teaching Potions at the end of the year, said Ron reasonably. That Slughorn bloke might not want to stay long-term. Moody didnt. Dumbledore cleared his throat. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were not the only ones who had been talking; the whole Hall had erupted in a buzz of conversation at the news that Snape had finally achieved his hearts desire. Seemingly game download windows manually to the sensational nature of the news he had just imparted, Dumbledore said nothing more about staff appointments, but waited a few seconds to ensure that the silence was absolute before continuing. Now, as everybody in this Hall knows, Lord Voldemort and his followers are once more at large and gaining in strength. The silence seemed to tauten and strain as Dumbledore spoke. Harry glanced at Malfoy. Malfoy was not looking at Dumbledore, but making his fork hover in midair with his wand, as though he found the headmasters words unworthy of his attention. I cannot emphasize strongly enough how dangerous the present situation is, and how much care each of us at Hogwarts must take to ensure that we remain safe. The castles magical fortifications have been strengthened over the summer, we are protected in new and more powerful ways, but we must still guard scrupulously against carelessness on the part of any student or member of staff.