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ron swled
chapter 22: after the burial
patches of
ight be sky were begng to appear over the castle turrets, but these signs of approachg sur did not lift harry39s ood he had been thwarted, both his attepts to fd out what alfoy was dog, and his efforts to start a nversation with sghorn that ight lead, how, to sghorn hand-g over the ory he had apparently suppressed for decades
”for the st ti, jt fet about alfoy,” herione told harry firly
they were sittg with ron a sunny rner of the urtyard after nch herione and ron were both ctchg a istry of agic leaflet — on apparition istakes and how to avoid the — for they were takg their tests that very afternoon, but by and r the leaflets had not proved othg to the nerves
ron gave a start and tried to hide behd herione as a girl ca around the rner
”it isn39t vender,” said herione wearily
”oh, good,” said ron, rexg
”harry potter?” said the girl ”i was asked to give you this”
”thanks”
harry39s heart sank as he took the sall scroll of parchnt once the girl was out of earshot he said, ”dubledore said we wouldn39t be havg any ore lesns until i got the ory!”
”aybe he wants to check on how you39re dog?” ested herione, as harry unrolled the parchnt but rather than fdg dubledore39s long, narrow, snted writg he saw an untidy sprawl, very difficult to read due to the presence of r blotches on the parchnt where the k had run
dear harry, ron and herione!
aragog died st night harry and ron, you t hi and you know how special he was
herione, i know you39d have liked hi
it would an a lot to if you39d nip down for the burial ter this eveng
i39 pnng on dog it round dk, that was his favorite ti of day
i know you39re not supposed to be out that te, but you can e the cloak
wouldn39t ask, but i can39t face it alone
hagrid
”look at this,” said harry, handg the note to herione ”oh, for heaven39s sake,” she said, scanng it ickly and passg it to ron, who read it through lookg creasgly credulo ”he39s ntal” he said furioly ”that thg told its ates to eat harry and ! told the to help theselves! and now hagrid ex-pects to go down there and cry over its horrible hairy body!”
”its not jt that,” said herione ”he39s askg to leave the castle at night and he knows security39s a illion tis tighter and how uch trouble we39d be if we were caught”
”we39ve been down to see hi by night before,” said harry
”yes, but for thg like this?” said herione ”we39ve risked a lot to help hagrid out, but after all — aragog39s dead if it were a estion of savg hi —”
”— i39d want to go even less,” said ron firly ”you didn39t et hi, herione believe , beg dead will have iproved hi a lot”
harry took the note back and stared down at all the ky blotches all over it tears had clearly fallen thick and fast upon the parchnt
”harry, you can39t be thkg of gog,” said herione ”it39s such a potless thg to t detention for”
harry sighed ”yeah, i know,” he said ”i s39pose hagrid39ll have to bury aragog without ”
”yes, he will,” said herione, lookg relieved ”look, potions will be alost epty this afternoon, with all off dog our tests try and ften sghorn up a bit then!”
”fifty-seventh ti cky, you thk?” said harry bitterly
”cky,” said ron suddenly ”harry, that39s it — t cky!”
”what d39you an?”
”e your cky potion!”
”ron, that39s — that39s it!” said herione, undg stunned ”of urse! why didn39t i thk of it?”
harry stared at the both ”felix felicis?” he said ”i dunno i was rt of savg it ”
”what for?” deanded ron creduloly
”what on earth is ore iportant than this ory, harry?” asked herione