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  to be a dignified silence harry was thkg about siri, and how he had hated those silver goblets anyway herione drud her frs on the table, her eyes flickerg beeen ron and the bar the ont harry draed the st drops his bot-tle she said, ”shall we call it a day and go back to school, then?”
  the other o nodded it had not been a fun trip and the weather was ttg worse the lonr they stayed once aga they drew their cloaks tightly around the, rearrand their scarves, pulled on their gloves, then followed katie bell and a friend out of the pub and back up the high street harry39s thoughts strayed to gny as they trudd up the road to hogwarts through the frozen ssh they had not t up with her, undoubtedly, thought harry, becae she and dean were zily closeted ada puddifoot39s tea shop, that haunt of happy uples swlg, he bowed his head agast the swirlg sleet and trudd on
  it was a little while before harry beca aware that the voices of katie bell and her friend, which were beg carried back to hi on the d, had bee shriller and louder harry sted at their distct figures the o girls were havg an argunt about thg katie was holdg her hand ”it39s nothg to do with you, leanne!” harry heard katie say
  they rounded a rner the ne, sleet g thick and fast,
  rg harry39s gsses jt as he raised a gloved hand to wipe the, leanne ade to grab hold of the packa katie was holdg katie ed it back and the packa fell to the ground
  at once, katie rose to the air, not as ron had done, spended ically by the ankle, but gracefully, her ars outstretched, as though she was about to fly yet there was thg wrong, -thg eerie  her hair was whipped around her by the fierce d, but her eyes were closed and her face was ite epty of
  expression harry, ron, herione, and leanne had all halted their tracks, watchg
  then, six feet above the ground, katie let out a terrible screa her eyes flew open but whatever she uld see, or whatever she was feelg, was clearly cag her terrible anguish she scread and scread leanne started to screa too and seized katie39s ankles, tryg to tug her back to the ground harry, ron, and herione rhed forward to help, but even as they grabbed katie39s legs, she fell on of the harry and ron anad to catch her but she was writhg uch they uld hardly hold her stead they low-ered her to the ground where she thrashed and scread, appar-ently unable to regnize any of the
  harry looked around the ndscape seed deserted
  ”stay there!” he shouted at the others over the howlg d ”i39 gog for help!”
  he began to sprt toward the school he had never seen anyone behave as katie had jt behaved and uld not thk what had caed it he hurtled around a bend the ne and llided with what seed to be an enoro bear on its hd legs
  ”hagrid!” he panted, disentanglg hiself fro the hedrow to which he had fallen
  ”harry!” said hagrid, who had sleet trapped his eye
  ows and beard, and was wearg his great, y beaversk at ”j39 b visit39 grawp, he39s 39 on well yeh wouldn39 —”
  ”hagrid, one39s hurt back there, or cursed, or thg —”
  ”wha ?” said hagrid, bendg lower to hear what harry was say-g over the ragg d
  ”one39s been cursed!” bellowed harry :, 39
  ”cursed? who39s b cursed — not ron? herione?” :
  ”no, it39s not the, it39s katie bell — this way  ”
  tother they ran back along the ne it took the no ti to fd the little group of people around katie, who was still writhg and screag on the ground ron, herione, and leanne were all tryg to iet her
  ”t back!” shouted hagrid ”le see her!”
  ”thg39s happened to her!” bbed leanne ”i don39t know what —”
  hagrid stared at katie for a send, then without a word, bent down, soped her to his ars, and ran off toward the castle with her with sends, katie39s piercg screas had died away and the only und was the roar of the d
  herione hurried over to katie39s wailg friend and put an ar around her
  ”it39s leanne, isn39t it?”
  the girl nodded
  ”did it jt happen all of a sudden, or — ?”
  ”it was when that packa tore,” bbed leanne, potg at the now dden
  own-paper packa on the ground, which had split open to reveal a greenish glitter ron bent down, his hand out-stretched, but harry seized his ar and pulled hi back