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air of psychedelic spectacles fro the iddle of the ibbler
”no pot now we39ve got rid of u
id, is there?” said harry, sittg down neville buped his head agast the seat as he erd fro under it he looked ost disappoted
”i liked the da! i learned loads with you!”
”i enjoyed the etgs too,” said na serenely ”it was like havg friends”
this was one of those unfortable thgs na often said and which ade harry feel a sirg ixture of pity and ebarrassnt before he uld respond, however, there was a disturbance outside their partnt door a group of fourth-year girls was whisperg and lg tother on the other side of the gss
”you ask hi!”
no, you!
”i39ll do it!”
and one of the, a bold-lookg girl with r dark eyes, a proent ch, and long bck hair phed her way through the door
”hi, harry, i39 roilda, roilda vane,” she said loudly and nfidently ”why don39t you jo our partnt? you don39t have to sit with the,” she added a sta whisper, dicatg neville39s botto, which was stickg out fro under the seat aga as he groped around for trevor, and na, who was now wearg her free spectrespecs, which gave her the look of a dented, ultilored owl
”they39re friends of e,” said harry ldly
”oh,” said the girl, lookg very surprised ”oh okay”
and she withdrew, slidg the door closed behd her
”people expect you 10 have oler friends than ,” said na, once aga dispyg her knack for ebarrassg honesty
”you are ol,” said harry shortly ”none of the was at the istry they didn39t fight with ”
”that39s a very nice thg to say,” bead na then she phed her spectrespecs farther up her nose and settled down to read the
ibbler
”we didn39t face hi, though,” said neville, ergg fro under the seat with fff and dt his hair and a resigned-lookg trevor his hand ”you did you should hear y gran talk about you 39that harry potter39s got ore backbone than the whole istry of agic put tother!39 she39d give anythg to have you as a grand-n
harry ughed unfortably and chand the subject to owl results as on as he uld while neville recited his grades and wondered aloud whether he would be allowed to take a transfiguration newt, with only an ”aeptable,” harry watched hi without really listeng
neville39s childhood had been blighted by voldeort jt as uch as harry39s had, but neville had no idea how close he had e to havg harry39s desty the prophecy uld have referred to either of the, yet, for his own scrutable reans, voldeort had chosen to believe that harry was the one ant
had voldeort chosen neville, it would be neville sittg opposite harry bearg the lightng-shaped scar and the weight of the prophecy or would it? would neville’s other have died to save hi, as lily had died for harry? surely she would but what if she had been unable to stand beeen her n and voldeort? would there then have been no ”chosen one” at all? an epty seat where neville now sat and a scarless harry who would have been kissed good-bye by his own other, not ron39s?
”you all right, harry? you look funny,” said neville
harry started ”rry ?i ?“
”wrackspurt got you?” asked na sypathetically, peerg at harry through her enoro lored spectacles
”i —what?”
”a wrackspurt they39re visible they float through your ears and ake your
a go fuzzy,” she said ”i thought i felt one zoog around here”
she fpped her hands at th air, as though beatg off r visible oths harry and neville caught each other39s eyes and hastily began to talk of idditch
the weather beyond the tra dows was as patchy as it had been all sur they passed through stretches of the chillg ist, then out to weak, clear sunlight it was durg one of the clear spells, when the sun was visible alost directly overhead, that ron and herione entered the partnt at st
”wish the nch trolley would hurry up, i39 starvg,” said ron longgly, spg to the seat beside harry and rubbg his stoach ”hi, neville hi, na guess what?” he added, turng to harry ”alfoy s not dog prefect duty he39s jt sittg his partnt with the other slythers, we saw hi when we passed”
harry sat up straight, terested it was not like alfoy to pass up the chance to deonstrate his power as prefect,