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Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: A minute later they turned the corner into the side street where the Hog’s Head’s sign creaked a little , though there was no breeze . In contrast to the Three Broomsticks , the pub appeared to be completely empty . “ It will not be necessary for us to | enter , ” muttered Dumbledore , glancing around . “ As long as nobody sees us go now place your hand upon my arm , Harry . There is no need to grip too hard , I am merely guiding you . On the count of three One two three ” Harry turned . At once , there was that horrible sensation that he was being squeezed through a t... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: He looked down at her , half amused , half exasperated . “ You’re actually disappointed , aren’t you ? ” Hermione shook her head , but Harry laughed . “ Well , we’re N . E . W . T . students now ! ” grinned Ron . “ | Mum , are there any more sausages ? ” Harry looked back down at his results . They were as good as he could have hoped for . He felt just one tiny twinge of regret . This was the end of his ambition to become an Auror . He had not secured the required Potions grade . He had known all along that he wouldn’t , but he sti... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Slightly ashamed of his moment of panic , Harry didn’t say anything to Ron nor did he look left or right until they had reached the well lit entrance hall . Harry went down to breakfast the next morning with the rest of the boys in his dormitory , all | of whom seemed to think the Firebolt deserved a sort of guard of honor . As Harry entered the Great Hall , heads turned in the direction of the Firebolt , and there was a good deal of excited muttering . Harry saw , with enormous satisfaction , that the Slytherin team were all looking thunderstruck . “ Did you see his ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Still hidden beneath the Invisibility Cloak , Harry was buffeted into the entrance hall : He was searching for Voldemort and saw him across the room , firing spells from his wand as he backed into the Great Hall , still screaming instructions to his followers as he sent cu... | flying left and right Harry cast more Shield Charms , and Voldemort’s would be victims , Seamus Finnigan and Hannah Abbott , darted past him into the Great Hall , where they joined the fight already flourishing inside it . And now there were more , even more people storming up the front steps , and Harry saw Charlie We... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: She looked mildly pleased about something , and when Ron asked her what she had to be so happy about , she simply said , “ The hats have gone . Seems the house elves do want freedom after all . ” “ I wouldn’t bet on it , ” | Ron told her cuttingly . “ They might not count as clothes . They didn’t look anything like hats to me , more like woolly bladders . ” Hermione did not speak to him all morning . Double Charms was succeeded by double Transfiguration . Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall both spent the first fifteen minutes of t... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ He’s only silent because he’s too thick to string two words together , ” said Fred impatiently . “ I don’t know why you’re worried , Oliver , Hufflepuff is a pushover . Last time we played them , Harry caught the Snitch in about five minutes , remember | ? ” “ We were playing in completely different conditions ! ” Wood shouted , his eyes bulging slightly . “ Diggory’s put a very strong side together ! He’s an excellent Seeker ! I was afraid you’d take it like this ! We mustn’t relax ! We must keep our focus ! Slytherin is trying to wrong foot us ! We must win ! ” “ Oli... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: If only it would move , then he’d know whether it was just a stray cat or something else . “ Lumos , ” Harry muttered , and a light appeared at the end of his wand , almost dazzling him . He held it high over his head , | and the pebble dashed walls of number two suddenly sparkled the garage door gleamed , and between them Harry saw , quite distinctly , the hulking outline of something very big , with wide , gleaming eyes . Harry stepped backward . His legs hit his trunk and he tripped . His wand flew out of his hand as he flung out an ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ So clever , the way you trapped that last one with the tea strainer ” “ Well , I’m sure no one will mind me giving the best student of the year a little extra help , ” said Lockhart warmly , and he pulled out an enormous peacock | quill . “ Yes , nice , isn’t it ? ” he said , misreading the revolted look on Ron’s face . “ I usually save it for book signings . ” He scrawled an enormous loopy signature on the note and handed it back to Hermione . “ So , Harry , ” said Lockhart , while Hermione folded the note with fumbling fingers and slipped it i... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Ron’s red hair was visible beneath Madam Pomfrey’s arm . Harry moved his head over on the pillow . In the bed to his right lay Hermione . Moonlight was falling across her bed . Her eyes were open too . She looked petrified , and when she saw that | Harry was awake , pressed a finger to her lips , then pointed to the hospital wing door . It was ajar , and the voices of Cornelius Fudge and Snape were coming through it from the corridor outside . Madam Pomfrey now came walking briskly up the dark ward to Harry’s bed . He turned to look at her . She was carrying the ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: I think I’d leave , wouldn’t you ? ” James asked the boy lounging on the seats opposite him , and with a jolt , Harry realized that it was Sirius . Sirius did not smile . “ My whole family have been in Slytherin , ” he said . | “ Blimey , ” said James , “ and I thought you seemed all right ! ” Sirius grinned . “ Maybe I’ll break the tradition . Where are you heading , if you’ve got the choice ? ” James lifted an invisible sword . “ ‘ Gryffindor , where dwell the brave at heart ! ’ Like my dad . ” Snape made a small , disparaging noise . James... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Well , you know his opinion of Dumbledore the man’s such a Mudblood lover and Durmstrang doesn’t admit that sort of riffraff . But Mother didn’t like the idea of me going to school so far away . Father says Durmstrang takes a far more sensible line than Hogwarts about | the Dark Arts . Durmstrang students actually learn them , not just the defense rubbish we do . ” Hermione got up , tiptoed to the compartment door , and slid it shut , blocking out Malfoy’s voice . “ So he thinks Durmstrang would have suited him , does he ? ” she said angrily . “ I wish he had gone , then we wouldn’t h... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Muttering angrily to herself , she headed back to her office . There was a low moan from the other end of the ward . Ron had woken up . They could see him sitting up , rubbing his head , looking around . “ What what happened ? ” | he groaned . “ Harry ? Why are we in here ? Where’s Sirius ? Where’s Lupin ? What’s going on ? ” Harry and Hermione looked at each other . “ You explain , ” said Harry , helping himself to some more chocolate . When Harry , Ron , and Hermione left the hospital wing at noon the next day , it was to find an almost desert... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: While his will makes it perfectly plain that he wants you to have the house , it is nevertheless possible that some spell or enchantment has been set upon the place to ensure that it cannot be owned by anyone other than a pureblood . ” A vivid image of | the shrieking , spitting portrait of Sirius’s mother that hung in the hall of number twelve , Grimmauld Place flashed into Harry’s mind . “ I bet there has , ” he said . “ Quite , ” said Dumbledore . “ And if such an enchantment exists , then the ownership of the house is most likely to pass to the eldest of Sirius’s l... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Harry didn’t have to do his homework under the blankets by flashlight anymore now he could sit in the bright sunshine outside Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor , finishing all his essays with occasional help from Florean Fortescue himself , who , apart from knowing a gr... | witch burnings , gave Harry free sundaes every half an hour . Once Harry had refilled his money bag with gold Galleons , silver Sickles , and bronze Knuts from his vault at Gringotts , he had to exercise a lot of self control not to spend the whole lot at once . He had to keep reminding himself that he had five years t... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Ask for Tom the barman easy enough to remember , as he shares your name ” Riddle gave an irritable twitch , as though trying to displace an irksome fly . “ You dislike the name Tom ’ ? ” “ There are a lot of Toms , ” muttered | Riddle . Then , as though he could not suppress the question , as though it burst from him in spite of himself , he asked , “ Was my father a wizard ? He was called Tom Riddle too , they’ve told me . ” “ I’m afraid I don’t know , ” said Dumbledore , his voice gentle . “ My mother can’t have been magic , or she wouldn’t... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Dumbledore’s fingers closed tightly around Harry’s arm and they were soaring back into the present again . The soft golden light in Dumbledore’s office seemed to dazzle Harry’s eyes after that impenetrable darkness . “ Is that all ? ” said Harry at once . “ Why did it go | dark , what happened ? ” “ Because Morfin could not remember anything from that point onward , ” said Dumbledore , gesturing Harry back into his seat . “ When he awoke next morning , he was lying on the floor , quite alone . Marvolo’s ring had gone . “ Meanwhile , in the village of Little Hangleton , a maid was running... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: We do not recognize your laws , we do not acknowledge your superiority , we are ” But they did not hear what else centaurs were , for at that moment there came a crashing noise on the edge of the clearing so loud that all of them Harry , | Hermione , and the fifty or so centaurs filling the clearing looked around . Harry’s centaur let him fall to the ground again as his hands flew to his bow and quiver of arrows Hermione had been dropped too , and Harry hurried toward her as two thick tree trunks parted ominously and the monstrous form of Grawp the giant... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ Voldemort would have been reasonably confident that none but a very great wizard would have been able to find the boat , ” said Dumbledore . “ I think he would have been prepared to risk what was , to his mind , the most unlikely possibility that somebody | else would find it , knowing that he had set other obstacles ahead that only he would be able to penetrate . We shall see whether he is right . ” Harry looked down into the boat . It really was very small . “ It doesn’t look like it was built for two people . Will it hold both of us ? Will we be too heavy together ? ” ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ And You Know Who is interested in it , isn’t he ? ” asked Harry . “ I how ? ” croaked Ollivander , and he looked appealingly at Ron and Hermione for help . “ How do you know this ? ” “ He wanted you to tell | him how to overcome the connection between our wands , ” said Harry . Ollivander looked terrified . “ He tortured me , you must understand that ! The Cruciatus Curse , I I had no choice but to tell him what I knew , what I guessed ! ” “ I understand , ” said Harry . “ You told him about the twin cores ? You said he jus... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ From what Dumbledore’s said , you’ve managed to get through stuff like this plenty of times . Broke your way through a series of obstacles guarding the Sorcerer’s Stone in your first year , didn’t you ? ” “ We helped , ” Ron said quickly . “ Me | and Hermione helped . ” Moody grinned . “ Well , help him practice for this one , and I’ll be very surprised if he doesn’t win , ” said Moody . “ In the meantime constant vigilance , Potter . Constant vigilance . ” He took another long draw from his hip flask , and his magical eye swiveled onto the window . The topmost... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Suddenly Harry felt the thing vibrate violently , then break apart in his hands , and as it did so , he thought he heard the faintest , most distant scream of pain , echoing not from the grounds or the castle , but from the thing that had just | fragmented in his fingers . “ It must have been Fiendfyre ! ” whimpered Hermione , her eyes on the broken pieces . “ Sorry ? ” “ Fiendfyre cursed fire it’s one of the substances that destroy Horcruxes , but I would never , ever have dared use it , it’s so dangerous how did Crabbe know how to ? ” “ Must’ve learned from ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: His tone was unbearably bitter . “ The Cloak wouldn’t have helped them survive , though , ” Harry said quickly . “ Voldemort knew where my mum and dad were . The Cloak couldn’t have made them curse proof . ” “ True , ” sighed Dumbledore . “ | True . ” Harry waited , but Dumbledore did not speak , so he prompted him . “ So you’d given up looking for the Hallows when you saw the Cloak ? ” “ Oh yes , ” said Dumbledore faintly . It seemed that he forced himself to meet Harry’s eyes . “ You know what happened . You know . You cannot despise me more than I despis... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Buckbeak the hippogriff was lying in the corner , chomping on something that was oozing blood all over the floor . “ I couldn ’ leave him tied up out there in the snow ! ” choked Hagrid . “ All on his own ! At Christmas . ” Harry | , Ron , and Hermione looked at one another . They had never seen eye to eye with Hagrid about what he called “ interesting creatures ” and other people called “ terrifying monsters . ” On the other hand , there didn’t seem to be any particular harm in Buckbeak . In fact , by Hagrid’s usual standards , he was positively... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Everyone back , now , so Neville can get a clear shot ” They all retreated , backed against the walls , leaving Neville alone beside the wardrobe . He looked pale and frightened , but he had pushed up the sleeves of his robes and was holding his wand | ready . “ On the count of three , Neville , ” said Professor Lupin , who was pointing his own wand at the handle of the wardrobe . “ One two three now ” A jet of sparks shot from the end of Professor Lupin’s wand and hit the doorknob . The wardrobe burst open . Hook nosed and menacing , Professor Snape stepped out , hi... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ Ask her if she saw anything , ” Harry mouthed at Hermione . “ What are you whispering ? ” said Myrtle , staring at him . “ Nothing , ” said Harry quickly . “ We wanted to ask ” “ I wish people would stop talking behind | my back ! ” said Myrtle , in a voice choked with tears . “ I do have feelings , you know , even if I am dead ” “ Myrtle , no one wants to upset you , ” said Hermione . “ Harry only ” “ No one wants to upset me ! That’s a good one ! ” howled Myrtle . “ My life was nothing but misery at this place and now people come alo... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: How many cloaks have you ever seen like that , Miss Granger ? ” Hermione opened her mouth to answer , then closed it again , looking more confused than ever . She , Harry , and Ron glanced at one another , and Harry knew that they were all | thinking the same thing . It so happened that a cloak exactly like the one Xenophilius had just described was in the room with them at that very moment . “ Exactly , ” said Xenophilius , as if he had defeated them all in reasoned argument . “ None of you have ever seen such a thing . The possessor would be immeasurably... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ But you didn’t really trust him , sir , did you ? He told me the Riddle who came out of that diary said , ‘ Dumbledore never seemed to like me as much as the other teachers did . ’ ” “ Let us say that I did | not take it for granted that he was trustworthy , ” said Dumbledore . “ I had , as I have already indicated , resolved to keep a close eye upon him , and so I did . I cannot pretend that I gleaned a great deal from my observations at first . He was very guarded with me he felt , I am sure , that in the thrill of discov... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts , the ceiling was too high to make out , and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors . They followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor . Harry could hear t... | drone of hundreds of voices from a doorway to the right the rest of the school must already be here but Professor McGonagall showed the first years into a small , empty chamber off the hall . They crowded in , standing rather closer together than they would usually have done , peering about nervously . “ Welcome to Hog... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Unfortunately , the teachers seemed to be thinking along the same lines as Hermione . They piled so much homework on them that the Easter holidays weren’t nearly as much fun as the Christmas ones . It was hard to relax with Hermione next to you reciting the twelve uses | of dragon’s blood or practicing wand movements . Moaning and yawning , Harry and Ron spent most of their free time in the library with her , trying to get through all their extra work . “ I’ll never remember this , ” Ron burst out one afternoon , throwing down his quill and looking longingly out of the library window .... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ He likes a laugh , your brother . ” Side by side , they pushed the second trolley forward , gathering speed . As they reached the barrier , Albus winced , but no collision came . Instead , the family emerged onto platform nine and three quarters , | which was obscured by thick white steam that was pouring from the scarlet Hogwarts Express . Indistinct figures were swarming through the mist , into which James had already disappeared . “ Where are they ? ” asked Albus anxiously , peering at the hazy forms they passed as they made their way down the platform . “ Well... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: She no longer cared whether Voldemort won . “ You see ? ” screeched Voldemort over the tumult . “ Harry Potter is dead by my hand , and no man alive can threaten me now ! Watch ! CrucioV ’ Harry had been expecting it , knew his body | would not be allowed to remain unsullied upon the forest floor it must be subjected to humiliation to prove Voldemort’s victory . He was lifted into the air , and it took all his determination to remain limp , yet the pain he expected did not come . He was thrown once , twice , three times into the air : His glasses fl... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Harry hadn’t had much sleep because of a late running Quidditch practice the night before , and he hurried down to the Great Hall , slightly late . He thought , for a moment , that he’d walked through the wrong doors . The walls were all covered with large | , lurid pink flowers . Worse still , heart shaped confetti was falling from the pale blue ceiling . Harry went over to the Gryffindor table , where Ron was sitting looking sickened , and Hermione seemed to have been overcome with giggles . “ What’s going on ? ” Harry asked them , sitting down and wiping confetti off hi... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ Oh yeah ” said Harry , quickly forcing his thoughts back to that first broom ride . “ Expecto patrono no , patronum sorry expecto patronum , expecto patronum ” Something whooshed suddenly out of the end of his wand it looked like a wisp of silvery gas . | “ Did you see that ? ” said Harry excitedly . “ Something happened ! ” “ Very good , ” said Lupin , smiling . “ Right , then ready to try it on a dementor ? ” “ Yes , ” Harry said , gripping his wand very tightly , and moving into the middle of the deserted classroom . He tried to keep his mind on flying , but somethin... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: As we were leaving , you know , the snake was coming for us , and so I cast a Blasting Curse , and it rebounded everywhere , and it must have must have hit ” “ It was an accident , ” said Harry mechanically . He felt empty | , stunned . “ We’ll we’ll find a way to repair it . ” “ Harry , I don’t think we’re going to be able to , ” said Hermione , the tears trickling down her face . “ Remember remember Ron ? When he broke his wand , crashing the car ? It was never the same again , he had to get a new one . ” Harry thought of Ollivander , ki... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: But Wormtail neglected his duty . He was not watchful enough . My father escaped . My master guessed that he was heading for Hogwarts . My father was going to tell Dumbledore everything , to confess . He was going to admit that he had smuggled me from Azkaban | . “ My master sent me word of my father’s escape . He told me to stop him at all costs . So I waited and watched . I used the map I had taken from Harry Potter . The map that had almost mined everything . ” “ Map ? ” said Dumbledore quickly . “ What map is this ? ” “ Potter’s map of Hogwarts . Potter saw me on it . Pot... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Hagrid could be seen from the upstairs windows defrosting broomsticks on the Quidditch field , bundled up in a long moleskin overcoat , rabbit fur gloves , and enormous beaverskin boots . The Quidditch season had begun . On Saturday , Harry would be playing in his first ma... | weeks of training : Gryffindor versus Slytherin . If Gryffindor won , they would move up into second place in the House Championship . Hardly anyone had seen Harry play because Wood had decided that , as their secret weapon , Harry should be kept , well , secret . But the news that he was playing Seeker had leaked out ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ I’ll make some tea , ” said Hermione breathlessly , pulling kettle and mugs from the depths of her bag and heading toward the kitchen . Harry found the hot drink as welcome as the firewhisky had been on the night that Mad Eye had died it seemed to | burn away a little of the fear fluttering in his chest . After a minute or two , Ron broke the silence . “ What d’you reckon happened to the Cattermoles ? ” “ With any luck , they’ll have got away , ” said Hermione , clutching her hot mug for comfort . “ As long as Mr Cattermole had his wits about him , he’ll have tran... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Dear me , we do seem to run through them , don’t we ? ” Harry got up and crossed to the door . He had just reached for the handle , however , when the door burst open so violently that it bounced back off the wall . Lucius | Malfoy stood there , fury in his face . And cowering behind his legs , heavily wrapped in bandages , was Dobby . “ Good evening , Lucius , ” said Dumbledore pleasantly . Mr Malfoy almost knocked Harry over as he swept into the room . Dobby went scurrying in after him , crouching at the hem of his cloak , a look of abje... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Yes , those who progress to using magic without shouting incantations gain an element of surprise in their spell casting . Not all wizards can do this , of course it is a question of concentration and mind power which some ” his gaze lingered maliciously upon Harry once mo... | “ lack . ” Harry knew Snape was thinking of their disastrous Occlumency lessons of the previous year . He refused to drop his gaze , but glowered at Snape until Snape looked away . “ You will now divide , ” Snape went on , “ into pairs . One partner will attempt to jinx the other without speaking . The other will attem... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: There was a very nasty silence , which was ended by Mr Weasley , who said quietly , “ Well , I think I’ll take my lot back to the tent , if nobody’s got any objections . Amos , that wand’s told us all it can if Harry could | have it back , please ” Mr Diggory handed Harry his wand and Harry pocketed it . “ Come on , you three , ” Mr Weasley said quietly . But Hermione didn’t seem to want to move her eyes were still upon the sobbing elf . “ Hermione ! ” Mr Weasley said , more urgently . She turned and followed Harry and Ron out of the clear... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: He was always touchy about the fact that Harry , who had inherited a small fortune from his parents , had much more money than he did . “ You won’t be getting anything for Christmas , ” Harry told him , thrusting Omnioculars into his and Hermione’s hands . | “ For about ten years , mind . ” “ Fair enough , ” said Ron , grinning . “ Oooh , thanks , Harry , ” said Hermione . “ And I’ll get us some programs , look ” Their money bags considerably lighter , they went back to the tents . Bill , Charlie , and Ginny were all sporting green rosettes too , and Mr Weasley was carryin... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: He had been standing alone in this very office , savoring the triumph that was his after so many years of dreaming and scheming , when he had heard a cough behind him , just like tonight , and turned to find that ugly little portrait talking to him , | announcing that the Minister of Magic was about to arrive and introduce himself . Naturally , he had thought that the long campaign and the strain of the election had caused him to go mad . He had been utterly terrified to find a portrait talking to him , though this had been nothing to how he felt when a self proclaim... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Boiling with anger at Snape , his desire to do something desperate and risky had increased tenfold in the last few minutes . This seemed to show on Harry’s face , for Dumbledore moved away from the window and looked more closely at Harry , a slight crease between his | silver eyebrows . “ What has happened to you ? ” “ Nothing , ” lied Harry promptly . “ What has upset you ? ” “ I’m not upset . ” “ Harry , you were never a good Occlumens ” The word was the spark that ignited Harry’s fury . “ Snape ! ” he said , very loudly , and Fawkes gave a soft squawk behind them . “ Snape’s what’... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: It had been Harry , Ron , and Hermione who had cleared Hagrid ’ s name last year . At long last , when the last morsels of pumpkin tart had melted from the golden platters , Dumbledore gave the word that it was time for them all to go | to bed , and they got their chance . “ Congratulations , Hagrid ! ” Hermione squealed as they reached the teachers ’ table . “ All down ter you three , ” said Hagrid , wiping his shining face on his napkin as he looked up at them . “ Can ’ believe it great man , Dumbledore came straight down to me hut after Professor K... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: He took a deep breath and ran through the enchanted mist . The world turned upside down . Harry was hanging from the ground , with his hair on end , his glasses dangling off his nose , threatening to fall into the bottomless sky . He clutched them to | the end of his nose and hung there , terrified . It felt as though his feet were glued to the grass , which had now become the ceiling . Below him the dark , star spangled heavens stretched endlessly . He felt as though if he tried to move one of his feet , he would fall away from the earth completely . Think , he told... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Hermione looked across the lake to the far bank , where the dragon was still drinking . “ What’ll happen to it , do you think ? ” she asked . “ Will it be all right ? ” “ You sound like Hagrid , ” said Ron . “ | It’s a dragon , Hermione , it can look after itself . It’s us we need to worry about . ” “ What do you mean ? ” “ Well , I don’t know how to break this to you , ” said Ron , “ but I think they might have noticed we broke into Gringotts . ” All three of them started to laugh , and once started , it was difficult to stop... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Harry did not answer at once he was still savoring the moment of blinding realization as he rubbed his forehead He had been dreaming about a windowless corridor ending in a locked door for months , without once realizing that it was a real place . Now , seeing the | memory again , he knew that all along he had been dreaming about the corridor down which he had run with Mr Weasley on the twelfth of August as they hurried to the courtrooms in the Ministry . It was the corridor leading to the Department of Mysteries , and Mr Weasley had been there the night that he had been attacked ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: I , keep the name of a foul , common Muggle , who abandoned me even before I was born , just because he found out his wife was a witch ? No , Harry I fashioned myself a new name , a name I knew wizards everywhere would one | day fear to speak , when I had become the greatest sorcerer in the world ! ” Harry’s brain seemed to have jammed . He stared numbly at Riddle , at the orphaned boy who had grown up to murder Harry’s own parents , and so many others . At last he forced himself to speak . “ You’re not , ” he said , his quiet voice full o... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: On the contrary , their faces were elongating into sharp , cruel beaked bird heads , and long , scaly wings were bursting from their shoulders “ And that , boys , ” yelled Mr Weasley over the tumult of the crowd below , “ is why you should never | go for looks alone ! ” Ministry wizards were flooding onto the field to separate the veela and the leprechauns , but with little success meanwhile , the pitched battle below was nothing to the one taking place above . Harry turned this way and that , staring through his Omnioculars , as the Quaffle changed hands with t... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: A large picture of a familiar , hook nosed , black haired man stared up at them all , beneath a headline that read : SEVERUS SNAPE CONFIRMED AS HOGWARTS HEADMASTER “ No ! ” said Ron and Hermione loudly . Hermione was quickest she snatched up the newspaper and | began to read the accompanying story out loud . “ ‘ Severus Snape , long standing Potions master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , was today appointed headmaster in the most important of several staffing changes at the ancient school . Following the resignation of the previous Muggle Studies teacher , Ale... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ I don’t want to think about it ! ” Hermione moaned , checking her watch again . “ One minute ! ” They had reached the end of the corridor with the hospital wing entrance . “ Okay I can hear Dumbledore , ” said Hermione tensely . “ | Come on , Harry ! ” They crept along the corridor . The door opened . Dumbledore ’ s back appeared . “ I am going to lock you in , ” they heard him saying . “ It is five minutes to midnight . Miss Granger , three turns should do it . Good luck . ” Dumbledore backed out of the room , closed the door , and took out his w... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: On Harry’s other side , Percy Weasley and Hermione were talking about lessons ( “ I do hope they start right away , there’s so much to learn , I’m particularly interested in Transfiguration , you know , turning something into something else , of course , it’s supposed to | be very difficult “ You’ll be starting small , just matches into needles and that sort of thing ” ) . Harry , who was starting to feel warm and sleepy , looked up at the High Table again . Hagrid was drinking deeply from his goblet . Professor McGonagall was talking to Professor Dumbledore . Professor Quirrell , in his... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Harry raised his hand to seize the letter , which was in a scarlet envelope , but it soared straight over his head , flying directly at Aunt Petunia , who let out a scream and ducked , her arms over her face . The owl dropped the red envelope | on her head , turned , and flew straight up the chimney again . Harry darted forward to pick up the letter , but Aunt Petunia beat him to it . “ You can open it if you like , ” said Harry , “ but I’ll hear what it says anyway . That’s a Howler . ” “ Let go of it , Petunia ! ” roared Uncle Vernon . “ Don’t touch it , it... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: So tha’s what we did . An ’ the rest of ’ em went quiet an ’ watched us pass an ’ we got right up ter Karkus’s feet an ’ we bowed an ’ put our present down in front o ’ him . ” “ What do you | give a giant ? ” asked Ron eagerly . “ Food ? ” “ Nah , he can get food all righ ’ fer himself , ” said Hagrid . “ We took him magic . Giants like magic , jus ’ don’t like us usin ’ it against ’ em . Anyway , that firs ’ day we gave him a branch o ’ Gubraithian fire . ” Hermione said “ wow ” softly , but Harry and Ron ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ But , Albus surely who ? ” “ The question is not who , ” said Dumbledore , his eyes on Colin . “ The question is , how . ” And from what Harry could see of Professor McGonagall’s shadowy face , she didn’t understand this any better | than he did . Chapter : THE DUELING CLUB . Harry woke up on Sunday morning to find the dormitory blazing with winter sunlight and his arm reboned but very stiff . He sat up quickly and looked over at Colin’s bed , but it had been blocked from view by the high curtains Harry had changed behind yesterday . Seeing that he... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: It didn’t hurt , but it had to be done carefully so that none of the Muggles noticed you vanishing . “ Percy first , ” said Mrs Weasley , looking nervously at the clock overhead , which showed they had only five minutes to disappear casually through the barrier | . Percy strode briskly forward and vanished . Mr Weasley went next Fred and George followed . “ I’ll take Ginny and you two come right after us , ” Mrs Weasley told Harry and Ron , grabbing Ginny’s hand and setting off . In the blink of an eye they were gone . “ Let’s go together , we’ve only got a minute , ” Ron said ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: The whole shack shivered and Harry sat bolt upright , staring at the door . Someone was outside , knocking to come in . Chapter : THE KEEPER OF THE KEYS . BOOM . They knocked again . Dudley jerked awake . “ Where’s the cannon ? ” he said | stupidly . There was a crash behind them and Uncle Vernon came skidding into the room . He was holding a rifle in his hands now they knew what had been in the long , thin package he had brought with them . “ Who’s there ? ” he shouted . “ I warn you I’m armed ! ” There was a pause . Then SMASH ! The door was hit with s... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Beyond them , Harry saw Tonks fighting an enormous blond wizard who was sending curses flying in all directions , so that they ricocheted off the walls around them , cracking stone , shattering the nearest window “ Harry , where did you come from ? ” Ginny cried , | but there was no time to answer her . He put his head down and sprinted forward , narrowly avoiding a blast that erupted over his head , showering them all in bits of wall . Snape must not escape , he must catch up with Snape “ Take that ” shouted Professor McGonagall , and Harry glimpsed the female Death Eater , Alect... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ And I know he misses you ” “ Miss him ? ” said Harry . “ I don’t miss him . ” But this was a downright lie . Harry liked Hermione very much , but she just wasn’t the same as Ron . There was much less laughter | and a lot more hanging around in the library when Hermione was your best friend . Harry still hadn’t mastered Summoning Charms , he seemed to have developed something of a block about them , and Hermione insisted that learning the theory would help . They consequently spent a lot of time poring over books during their ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Ron seemed to know what was going on inside Harry’s head . “ Listen , you’re not going to have any trouble . You’re a champion . You’ve just beaten a Hungarian Horntail . I bet they 11 be queuing up to go with you . ” In tribute to | their recently repaired friendship , Ron had kept the bitterness in his voice to a bare minimum . Moreover , to Harry’s amazement , he turned out to be quite right . A curly haired third year Hufflepuff girl to whom Harry had never spoken in his life asked him to go to the ball with her the very next day . Harry was so... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: He says the school needs ridding of all the Mudblood filth , but not to get mixed up in it . Of course , he’s got a lot on his plate at the moment . You know the Ministry of Magic raided our manor last week ? ” Harry tried | to force Goyle ’ s dull face into a look of concern . “ Yeah ” said Malfoy . “ Luckily , they didn’t find much . Father’s got some very valuable Dark Arts stuff . But luckily , we’ve got our own secret chamber under the drawing room floor ” “ Ho ! ” said Ron . Malfoy looked at him . So did Harry . Ron blushed . Even hi... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: When the bell rang he hurried out of the dungeon without a backward glance and made sure that he found himself a seat between Neville and Seamus for lunch so that Hermione could not start nagging him about using Umbridge’s office again . He was in such a bad mood | by the time that he got to Divination that he had quite forgotten his career appointment with Professor McGonagall , remembering only when Ron asked him why he wasn’t in her office . He hurtled back upstairs and arrived out of breath , only a few minutes late . “ Sorry , Professor , ” he panted , as he closed the door ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ Lucky I was passin ’ , really an ’ I’d ’ ve thought Firenze mighta remembered tha ’ before he started sendin ’ me stupid warnin’s ! ” he added hotly and unexpectedly . Harry and Hermione looked at each other , startled , but Hagrid , scowling , | did not elaborate . “ Anyway , ” he said , breathing a little more heavily than usual , “ since then the other centaurs Ve bin livid with me an ’ the trouble is , they’ve got a lot of influence in the forest Cleverest creatures in here “ Is that why we’re here , Hagrid ? ” asked Hermione . “ The centaurs ? ” “ Ah no , ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: A Ministry wizard had already spotted them as he hurried past Harry , Ron , and Hermione he muttered distractedly , “ In broad daylight ! Parents having a lie in , I suppose ” Here and there adult wizards and witches were emerging from their tents and starting to | cook breakfast . Some , with furtive looks around them , conjured fires with their wands others were striking matches with dubious looks on their faces , as though sure this couldn’t work . Three African wizards sat in serious conversation , all of them wearing long white robes and roasting what looked like a rabbit on... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: A moment later , Professor McGonagall had come bursting into the room , closely followed by Snape , with Quirrell bringing up the rear . Quirrell took one look at the troll , let out a faint whimper , and sat quickly down on a toilet , clutching his heart | . Snape bent over the troll . Professor McGonagall was looking at Ron and Harry . Harry had never seen her look so angry . Her lips were white . Hopes of winning fifty points for Gryffindor faded quickly from Harry’s mind . “ What on earth were you thinking of ? ” said Professor McGonagall , with cold fury in her voice... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: and there’s the Mudblood , standing there bold as brass , oh if my Mistress knew , oh how she’d cry , and there’s a new boy , Kreacher doesn’t know his name , what is he doing here , Kreacher doesn’t know ” “ This is Harry , Kreacher | , ” said Hermione tentatively . “ Harry Potter . ” Kreacher’s pale eyes widened and he muttered faster and more furiously than ever . “ The Mudblood is talking to Kreacher as though she is my friend , if Kreacher’s Mistress saw him in such company , oh what would she say ” “ Don’t call her a Mudblood ! ” said Ron and G... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Harry had been sure Slughorn would be one of those wizards who could not bear to hear Voldemort’s name spoken aloud , and was not disappointed : Slughorn gave a shudder and a squawk of protest , which Harry ignored . “ I reckon the staff are safer than most | people while Dumbledore ’ s headmaster he’s supposed to be the only one Voldemort ever feared , isn’t he ? ” Harry went on . Slughorn gazed into space for a moment or two : He seemed to be thinking over Harry’s words . “ Well , yes , it is true that He Who Must Not Be Named has never sought a fight with Dumbledore , ” ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: GRINGOTTS Their plans were made , their preparations complete in the smallest bedroom a single long , coarse black hair ( plucked from the sweater Hermione had been wearing at Malfoy Manor ) lay curled in a small glass phial on the mantelpiece . “ And you’ll be using her | actual wand , ” said Harry , nodding toward the walnut wand , “ so I reckon you’ll be pretty convincing . ” Hermione looked frightened that the wand might sting or bite her as she picked it up . “ I hate this thing , ” she said in a low voice . “ I really hate it . It feels all wrong , it doesn’t work properly for me .... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Ginny’s hair flew as she pulled her arm out of her mother’s grip . “ I’m in Dumbledore’s Army ” “ A teenagers ’ gang ! ” “ A teenagers ’ gang that’s about to take him on , which no one else has dared to do ! ” said | Fred . “ She’s sixteen ! ” shouted Mrs Weasley . “ She’s not old enough ! What you two were thinking , bringing her with you ” Fred and George looked slightly ashamed of themselves . “ Mum’s right , Ginny , ” said Bill gently . “ You can’t do this . Everyone underage will have to leave , it’s only right . ” “ I can’t g... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ I am ’ oping to get a job ’ ere , to improve my Eenglish . ” “ It’s very good already , ” said Ron in a strangled sort of voice . Fleur smiled at him Hermione scowled . “ Good bye , ’ Arry , ” said | Fleur , turning to go . “ It ’ az been a pleasure meeting you ! ” Harry’s spirits couldn’t help but lift slightly as he watched Fleur hurry back across the lawns to Madame Maxime , her silvery hair rippling in the sunlight . “ Wonder how the Durmstrang students are getting back , ” said Ron . “ D’you reckon they can st... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: A blinding , sickening pain a flash of light distant screams and the sensation of falling down a long tunnel And the next thing Harry knew , he was lying in a remarkably warm and comfortable bed and looking up at a lamp that was throwing a circle of golden | light onto a shadowy ceiling . He raised his head awkwardly . There on his left was a familiar looking , freckly , red haired person . “ Nice of you to drop in , ” said Ron , grinning . Harry blinked and looked around . Of course : He was in the hospital wing . The sky outside was indigo streaked with crimson . The mat... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: He was staring hard at Fudge , as though seeing him plainly for the first time . “ He cannot give evidence about why he killed those people . ” “ Why he killed them ? Well , that’s no mystery , is it ? ” blustered Fudge . “ | He was a raving lunatic ! From what Minerva and Severus have told me , he seems to have thought he was doing it all on You Know Who’s instructions ! ” “ Lord Voldemort was giving him instructions , Cornelius , ” Dumbledore said . “ Those people’s deaths were mere by products of a plan to restore Voldemort to full stren... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: He looked as though he was on the verge of tears . “ Please , sir , ” said Hermione , “ please , I could help Neville put it right ” “ I don’t remember asking you to show off , Miss Granger , ” said Snape coldly , | and Hermione went as pink as Neville . “ Longbottom , at the end of this lesson we will feed a few drops of this potion to your toad and see what happens . Perhaps that will encourage you to do it properly . ” Snape moved away , leaving Neville breathless with fear . “ Help me ! ” he moaned to Hermione . “ Hey , Harry ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: It was zigzagging through the air , and every now and then making violent swishing movements that almost unseated him . Lee was still commentating . “ Slytherin in possession Flint with the Quaffle passes Spinnet passes Bell hit hard in the face by a Bludger , hope it brok... | his nose only joking , Professor Slytherins score oh no ” The Slytherins were cheering . No one seemed to have noticed that Harry’s broom was behaving strangely It was carrying him slowly higher , away from the game , jerking and twitching as it went . “ Dunno what Harry thinks he’s doing , ” Hagrid mumbled . He stared... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ Good idea , ” said Ron nervously . They edged toward the open door , mouths dry , praying the troll wasn’t about to come out of it . With one great leap , Harry managed to grab the key , slam the door , and lock it . | “ Yes ! ” Flushed with their victory , they started to run back up the passage , but as they reached the corner they heard something that made their hearts stop a high , petrified scream and it was coming from the chamber they’d just chained up . “ Oh , no , ” said Ron , pale as the Bloody Baron . “ It’s the girls ’ ba... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ But before we part , I want to draw your attention to certain features of the scene we have just witnessed , for they have a great bearing on the matters we shall be discussing in future meetings . “ Firstly , I hope you noticed Riddle’s reaction when | I mentioned that another shared his first name , Tom ’ ? ” Harry nodded . “ There he showed his contempt for anything that tied him to other people , anything that made him ordinary . Even then , he wished to be different , separate , notorious . He shed his name , as you know , within a few short years of that convers... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Harry frowned , trying to remember . “ I’m not sure Snape definitely said your master , ’ and who else would that be ? ” “ I don’t know , ” said Hermione , biting her lip . “ Maybe his father ? ” She stared across the room | , apparently lost in thought , not even noticing Lavender tickling Ron . “ How’s Lupin ? ” “ Not great , ” said Harry , and he told her all about Lupin’s mission among the werewolves and the difficulties he was facing . “ Have you heard of this Fenrir Grey back ? ” “ Yes , I have ! ” said Hermione , sounding startled .... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: No fewer than four Stunners had shot from the figures around the cabin toward Professor McGonagall . Halfway between cabin and castle the red beams collided with her . For a moment she looked luminous , illuminated by an eerie red glow , then was lifted right off her feet | , landed hard on her back , and moved no more . “ Galloping gargoyles ! ” shouted Professor Tofty , who seemed to have forgotten the exam completely . “ Not so much as a warning ! Outrageous behavior ! ” “ COWARDS ! ” bellowed Hagrid , his voice carrying clearly to the top of the tower , and several lights flickered ba... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: She rummaged in her bag and produced parchment and a quill , then hesitated , rather as though she was steeling herself to say something . “ I I think everybody should write their name down , just so we know who was here . But I also think , | ” she took a deep breath , “ that we all ought to agree not to shout about what we’re doing . So if you sign , you’re agreeing not to tell Umbridge or anybody else what we’re up to . ” Fred reached out for the parchment and cheerfully put down his signature , but Harry noticed at once that several people looked less th... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: His leg was repaired . “ I will say it again , ” said Dumbledore as the phoenix rose into the air and resettled itself upon the perch beside the door . “ You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you tonight , Harry . You | have shown bravery equal to those who died fighting Voldemort at the height of his powers . You have shouldered a grown wizard’s burden and found yourself equal to it and you have now given us all that we have a right to expect . You will come with me to the hospital wing . I do not want you returning to the dormitory ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: And then his scar burst open and he was Voldemort and he was running across the fetid bedroom , his long white hands clutching at the windowsill as he glimpsed the bald man and the little woman twist and vanish , and he screamed with rage , a scream that | mingled with the girl’s , that echoed across the dark gardens over the church bells ringing in Christmas Day . And his scream was Harry’s scream , his pain was Harry’s pain that it could happen here , where it had happened before here , within sight of that house where he had come so close to knowing what it was to die... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ I wondered whether I’d be meeting you here , Potter . ” “ But I thought Snape ” “ Severus ? ” Quirrell laughed , and it wasn’t his usual quivering treble , either , but cold and sharp . “ Yes , Severus does seem the type , | doesn’t he ? So useful to have him swooping around like an overgrown bat . Next to him , who would suspect p p poor , st stuttering P Professor Quirrell ? ” Harry couldn’t take it in . This couldn’t be true , it couldn’t . “ But Snape tried to kill me ! ” “ No , no , no . tried to kill you . Your friend Miss Granger ac... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: They had hardly fluttered out of the way when another owl dropped a letter on top of the parcel . Harry ripped open the letter first , which was lucky , because it said : DO NOT OPEN THE PARCEL AT THE TABLE . It contains your new Nimbus Two | Thousand , but I don’t want everybody knowing you’ve got a broomstick or they’ll all want one . Oliver Wood will meet you tonight on the Quidditch field at seven o’clock for your first training session . Professor M . McGonagall Harry had difficulty hiding his glee as he handed the note to Ron to read . “ A Nimbus Two ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ But now all I’ve got to look forward to is stupid Apparition ! ” said Ron grumpily . “ Big birthday treat ” Three lessons on , Apparition was proving as difficult as ever , though a few more people had managed to Splinch themselves . Frustration was running | high and there was a certain amount of ill feeling toward Wilkie Twycross and his three D’s , which had inspired a number of nicknames for him , the politest of which were Dogbreath and Dunghead . “ Happy birthday , Ron , ” said Harry , when they were woken on the first of March by Seamus and Dean leaving noisily for b... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Harry ducked down behind another desk as the man turned his mask had slipped so that he could not see , he ripped it off with his free hand and shouted , “ STUP “ STUPEFY ” screamed Hermione , who had just caught up with them . The jet | of red light hit the Death Eater in the middle of his chest he froze , his arm still raised , his wand fell to the floor with a clatter and he collapsed backward toward the bell jar . Harry expected to hear a clunk , for the man to hit solid glass and slide off the jar onto the floor , but instead , his head sank throu... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: said Flint as the crowd below booed . “ Sorry , didn’t see her ! ” A moment later , Fred Weasley chucked his Beater’s club at the back of Flint’s head . Flint’s nose smashed into the handle of his broom and began to bleed . “ That will | do ! ” shrieked Madam Hooch , zooming between them . “ Penalty shot to Gryffindor for an unprovoked attack on their Chaser ! Penalty shot to Slytherin for deliberate damage to their Chaser ! ” “ Come off it , Miss ! ” howled Fred , but Madam Hooch blew her whistle and Alicia flew forward to take the penalty . “ Come on... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: I used your name but told them to take the gold from my own Gringotts vault . Please consider it as thirteen birthdays ’ worth of presents from your godfather . I would also like to apologize for the fright I think I gave you that night last year when | you left your uncle’s house . I had only hoped to get a glimpse of you before starting my journey north , but I think the sight of me alarmed you . I am enclosing something else for you , which I think will make your next year at Hogwarts more enjoyable . If ever you need me , send word . Your owl will find me . I’ll w... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ Maybe it’s a bit like an illness , ” said Hermione , looking concerned when Harry confided in her and Ron . “ A fever or something . It has to get worse before it gets better . ” “ It’s lessons with Snape that are making it worse | , ” said Harry flatly . “ I’m getting sick of my scar hurting , and I’m getting bored walking down that corridor every night . ” He rubbed his forehead angrily . “ I just wish the door would open , I’m sick of standing staring at it ” “ That’s not funny , ” said Hermione sharply . “ Dumbledore doesn’t want you to have ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ Seems a shame ter row , though , ” said Hagrid , giving Harry another of his sideways looks . “ If I was ter er speed things up a bit , would yeh mind not mentionin ’ it at Hogwarts ? ” “ Of course not , ” | said Harry , eager to see more magic . Hagrid pulled out the pink umbrella again , tapped it twice on the side of the boat , and they sped off toward land . “ Why would you be mad to try and rob Gringotts ? ” Harry asked . “ Spells enchantments , ” said Hagrid , unfolding his newspaper as he spoke . “ They say there’s ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ She said she came back from the bathroom with it , she didn’t necessarily get it in the bathroom itself ” “ McGonagall ! ” said Ron warningly . Harry looked up . Sure enough , Professor McGonagall was hurrying down the stone steps through swirling sleet to meet | them . “ Hagrid says you four saw what happened to Katie Bell upstairs to my office at once , please ! What’s that you’re holding , Potter ? ” “ It’s the thing she touched , ” said Harry . “ Good lord , ” said Professor McGonagall , looking alarmed as she took the necklace from Harry . “ No , no , Filch , they’re with ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ Right on the count of three , then one , two , three ” The room was suddenly full of shouts of “ Expelliarmusl ” : Wands flew in all directions , missed spells hit books on shelves and sent them flying into the air . Harry was too | quick for Neville , whose wand went spinning out of his hand , hit the ceiling in a shower of sparks , and landed with a clatter on top of a bookshelf , from which Harry retrieved it with a Summoning Charm . Glancing around he thought he had been right to suggest that they practice the basics first there was a lot of s... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: I mean , you’re a prefect , aren’t you ? ” “ Oh , be quiet , ” she snapped , as he smirked . “ What are you two doing ? ” demanded Ron , reappearing in the doorway to the Great Hall and looking suspicious . “ Nothing | , ” said Harry and Hermione together , and they hurried after Ron . The smell of roast beef made Harry’s stomach ache with hunger , but they had barely taken three steps toward the Gryffindor table when Professor Slughorn appeared in front of them , blocking their path . “ Harry , Harry , just the man I was hoping to s... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ Because that’s what Hermione does , ” said Ron , shrugging . “ When in doubt , go to the library . ” Harry stood , irresolute , trying to catch the voice again , but people were now emerging from the Great Hall behind him , talking loudly | , exiting through the front doors on their way to the Quidditch pitch . “ You’d better get moving , ” said Ron . “ It’s nearly eleven the match ” Harry raced up to Gryffindor Tower , collected his Nimbus Two Thousand , and joined the large crowd swarming across the grounds , but his mind was still in the castle along w... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ I never wear those socks if I can help it . ” The Sneakoscope whirled and whistled in his palm . Crookshanks was hissing and spitting at it . “ You’d better take that cat out of here , Hermione , ” said Ron furiously , sitting on Harry’s | bed nursing his toe . “ Can’t you shut that thing up ? ” he added to Harry as Hermione strode out of the room , Crookshanks ’ s yellow eyes still fixed maliciously on Ron . Harry stuffed the Sneakoscope back inside the socks and threw it back into his trunk . All that could be heard now were Ron’s stifled moans of pain... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ Well , hurry up , I can’t breathe ! ” Harry gasped , wrestling with it as it curled around his chest . “ Devil’s Snare , Devil’s Snare what did Professor Sprout say ? it likes the dark and the damp ” “ So light a fire ! | ” Harry choked . “ Yes of course but there’s no wood ! ” Hermione cried , wringing her hands . “ HAVE YOU GONE MAD ? ” Ron bellowed . “ ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT ? ” “ Oh , right ! ” said Hermione , and she whipped out her wand , waved it , muttered something , and sent a jet of the same bluebell flames she had used on Sn... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Bagman shouted . And up the stairs into the box came the seven defeated Bulgarian players . The crowd below was applauding appreciatively Harry could see thousands and thousands of Omniocular lenses flashing and winking in their direction . One by one , the Bulgarians file... | seats in the box , and Bagman called out the name of each as they shook hands with their own minister and then with Fudge . Krum , who was last in line , looked a real mess . Two black eyes were blooming spectacularly on his bloody face . He was still holding the Snitch . Harry noticed that he seemed much less coordina... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Harry became aware that something was still struggling in his right hand , the knuckles of which he had bruised against Malfoy’s jaw looking down he saw the Snitch’s silver wings protruding from between his fingers , struggling for release . They had barely reached the doo... | office when she came marching along the corridor behind them . She was wearing a Gryffindor scarf , but tore it from her throat with shaking hands as she strode toward them , looking livid . “ In ! ” she said furiously , pointing to the door . Harry and George entered . She strode around behind her desk and faced them ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: “ You see , when Lucius Malfoy was arrested , we raided his house . We took away everything that might have been dangerous . ” “ I think you missed something , ” said Harry stubbornly . “ Well , maybe , ” said Mr Weasley , but Harry | could tell that Mr Weasley was humoring him . There was a whistle behind them nearly everyone had boarded the train and the doors were closing . “ You’d better hurry , ” said Mr Weasley , as Mrs Weasley cried , “ Harry , quickly ! ” He hurried forward and Mr and Mrs Weasley helped him load his trunk onto the train . “ ... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: Even by Harry’s low standards in Divination , the exam went very badly . He might as well have tried to see moving pictures in the desktop as in the stubbornly blank crystal ball he lost his head completely during tea leaf reading , saying it looked to him as | though Professor Marchbanks would shortly be meeting a round , dark , soggy stranger , and rounded off the whole fiasco by mixing up the life and head lines on her palm and informing her that she ought to have died the previous Tuesday . “ Well , we were always going to fail that one , ” said Ron gloomily as they ascen... |
Go ahead and finish off this sentence, please: said Hermione ) “ I must once more ask for your attention , while I give out a few notices . “ Mr Filch , the caretaker , has asked me to tell you that the list of objects forbidden inside the castle has this year been extended to include | Screaming Yo yos , Fanged Frisbees , and Ever Bashing Boomerangs . The full list comprises some four hundred and thirty seven items , I believe , and can be viewed in Mr Filch ’ s office , if anybody would like to check it . ” The corners of Dumbledore ’ s mouth twitched . He continued , “ As ever , I would like to rem... |
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