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  the tra rched, cag harry to roll over onto his side now he was starg at the dty underside of the seats stead of the ceilg the floor began to vi
  ate as the enge roared to life the express was leavg and nobody knew he was still on it
  then he felt his visibility cloak fly off hi and a voice overhead said, ”wotcher, harry”
  there was a fsh of red light and harry39s body unfroze he was able to ph hiself to a ore dignified sittg position, hastily wipe the blood off his
  uised race with the back of his hand, and raise his head to look up at tonks, who was holdg the visibiliiv cloak she had jt pulled away
  we39d better t out of here, ickly,” she said, as the tra dows beca obscured with stea and they began to ove out of the station ”e on, we39ll jup”
  harry hurried after her to the rridor she pulled open the tra door and leapt onto the ptfor, which seed to be slidg underneath the as the tra gathered ontu he followed her, ered a little on ndg, then straightened up ti to see the gleag scarlet stea enge pick up speed, round the rner, and disappear fro view
  the ld night air was othg on his throbbg nose tonks was lookg at hi he felt angry and ebarrassed that he had been disvered such a ridiculo position silently she handed hi back the visibility cloak
  “who did it?”
  “dra alfoy,” said harry bitterly ”thanks for well”
  “no proble,” said tonks, without silg fro what harry uld see the darkness, she was as oy-haired and iserable-lookng as she had been when he had t her at the burrow ”i can fix your nose if you stand still”
  harry did not thk uch of this idea he had been tendg to visit ada pofrey, the atron, who he had a little ore nfidence when it ca to healg spells, but it seed rude to say this, he stayed stock-still and closed his eyes,
  “episkey” said tonks
  harry’s nose felt very hot, and then very ld he raised a hand and felt grly it seed to be nded
  “thanks a lot!”
  “you39d better put that cloak back on, and we can walk up to the school,” said tonks, still unsilg as harry swung the cloak back over hiself, she waved her wand an inse silvery four-ed creature erupted fro it and streaked off to the darkness
  3939was that a patron?” asked harry, who had seen dubledore send ssas like this
  ”yes, i39 sendg word to the castle that i39ve got you or they39ll worry e on, we39d better not dawdle”
  they set off toward the ne that led to the school
  ”how did you fd ?”
  ”i noticed you hadn39t left the tra and i knew you had that cloak i thought you ight be hidg for rean when i saw the blds were drawn down on that partnt i thought i’d check”
  ”but what are you dog here, anyway?” harry asked
  ”i39 stationed hogsade now, to give the school extra protection,” said tonks
  ”is it jt you who39s stationed up here, or — ?”
  ”no, proudfoot, sava, and dawlish are here too”
  ”dawlish, that auror dubledore attacked st year?”
  ”that39s right”
  they trudd up the dark, deserted ne, follog the freshly ade carria tracks harry looked sideways at tonks under his cloak st year she had been isitive to the pot of beg a little annoyg at tis, she had ughed easily, she had ade jokes now she seed older and uch ore serio and purposeful was this all the effect of what had happened at the istry? he reflected unfortably that herione would have ested he say thg nlg about siri to her, that it hadn39t been her fault at all, but he uldn39t
  g hiself to do it he was far fro bg her for siri39s death it was no ore her fault than anyone else’s and uch less than his, but he did not like talkg about siri if he uld avoid it and they traped on through the ld night silence, tonks39s long cloak whisperg on the ground behd the
  havg always traveled there by carria, harry had never before appreciated jt how far hogwarts was fro hogsade station with great relief he fally saw the tall pilrs on either side of the gates, each ped with a d boar he was ld, he was hungry and he was ite keen to leave this new, glooy tonks behd but when he put out a hand to ph open the gates, he found the chaed shut
  “alohoora!” he said nfidently, potg his wand at the padlock, but nothg happened
  “that won39t work on these,” said tonks ”dubledore bewitched the hiself”