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”oh, drop it, harry,” said ron
”listen, it39s not y fault sghorn vited herione and to his stupid party, neither of wanted to go, you know!” said harry, firg up
”well, as i39 not vited to any parties,” said ron, ttg to his feet aga, ”i thk i39ll go to bed”
he stoped off toward the door to the boys39 doritories, leav-g harry and herione starg after hi
”harry?” said the new chaser, delza robs, appearg suddenly at his shoulder ”i39ve got a ssa for you”
”fro profesr sghorn?” asked harry, sittg up hopefully
”no fro profesr snape,” said delza harry39s heart sank ”he says you39re to e to his office at half past eight tonight to do your detention — er — no atter how any party vita-tions you39ve received and he wanted you to know you39ll be rtg out rotten flobberwors fro good ones, to e potions and — and he says there39s no need to
g protective gloves”
”right,” said harry grily ”thanks a lot, delza”
chapter 12: silver and opals
where was dubledore, and what was he dog?
harry caught sight of the headaster only ice over the next lew weeks he rarely appeared at als anyore, and harry was sure herione was right thkg that he was leavg the school for days at a ti had dubledore fotten the lesns he was supposed to be givg harry? dubledore had said that the lesns were leadg to thg to do with the prophecy harry had felt bolstered, forted, and now he felt slightly abandoned
halfway through october ca their first trip of the ter to hogsade harry had wondered whether these trips would still be allowed, given the creasgly tight security asures around the school, but was pleased to know that they were gog ahead it was always good to t out of the castle grounds for a few hours
harry woke early on the orng of the trip, which was provg story, and whiled away the ti until
eakfast by readg his py of advanced potion-akg he did not ually lie bed
readg his textbooks that rt of behavior, as ron rightly said, was decent anybody except herione, who was siply weird that way harry felt, however, that the half-blood prces py of advanced potion-akg hardly alified as a textbook the ore harry pored over the book, the ore he realized how uch was there, not only the handy hts and shortcuts on potions that was earng hi such a glog reputation with sghorn, but al the iagative little jxes and hexes scribbled the args, which harry was sure, judgg by the crossgs-out and revisions, that the prce had vented hiself
harry had already attepted a few of the prce39s self-vented spells there had been a hex that caed toenails to grow argly fast he had tried this on crabbe the rridor, with very entertag results a jx that ged the tongue to the roof of the outh which he had ice ed, to neral appe, on an unspectg arg filch and, perhaps ost eful of all, uffliato, a spell that filled the ears of anyone nearby with an unidentifiable buzzg, that lengthy nversations uld be held css with out beg overheard the only pern who did not fd these chars ag was herione, who ataed a rigidly disapprovg expression throughout and refed to talk at all if harry had ed the uffliato spell on anyone the vicity
sittg up bed, harry turned the book sideways as to exae ore closely the scribbled structions for a spell that seed to have caed the prce trouble there were any crossgs-out and alterations, but fally, crad to a rner of the pa, the scribble:
levirp nvbl
while the d and sleet pounded relentlessly on the dows, and neville snored loudly, harry stared at the letters
ackets nvbl that had to an ”nonverbal” harry rather doubted he would be able to
g off this particur spell he was still havg difficulty with nonverbal spells, thg snape had been ick to nt on every dada css on the other hand, the prce had proved a uch ore effective teacher than snape far
potg his wand at nothg particur, he gave it an uard flick and said levirp! side his head ”aaaaaaaargh!”
there was a fsh of light and the roo was full of voices: everyone had woken up as ron had let out a yell harry sent advanced potion-akg flyg panic ron was danglg upside down idair as though an visible hook had hoisted hi up by the ankle
”rry!” yelled harry, as dean and sea roared with ughter, and neville picked