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39now, about tonight,39 dubledore went on, 39i a a little puzzled about how it happened you knew that i had left the school? but of urse,39 he answered his own estion, 39rosrta saw leavg, she tipped you off g your nio s, i39 sure 39
39that39s right,39 said alfoy 39but she said you were jt gog for a drk, you39d be back 39
39well, i certaly did have a drk and i ca back after a fashion,39 ubled dubledore 39 you decided to sprg a trap for ?39
39we decided to put the dark ark over the tower and t you to hurry up here, to see who39d been killed,39 said alfoy 39and it worked!39
39well yes and no 39 said dubledore 39but a i to take it, then, that nobody has been urdered?39
39one39s dead,39 said alfoy and his voice seed to go up an octave as he said it 39one of your people i don39t know who, it was dark i stepped over the body i was supposed to be waitg up here when you got back, only your phoenix lot got the way 39
39yes, they do that,39 said dubledore
there was a bang and shouts fro below, louder than ever it unded as though people were fightg on the actual spiral staircase that led to where dubledore, alfoy and harry stood, and harry39s heart thundered unheard his visible chest one was dead alfoy had stepped over the body but who was it?
there is little ti, one way or another,39 said dubledore 39 let discs your options, dra39
39y options!39 said alfoy loudly 39i39 standg here with a wand - i39 about to kill you -39
39y dear boy, let have no ore pretence about that if you were gog to kill , you would have done it when you first disard , you would not have sped for this pleasant chat about ways and ans39
39i haven39t got any options!39 said alfoy, and he was sud- denly as white as dubledore 39i39ve got to do it! he39ll kill ! he39ll kill y whole faily!39
39i appreciate the difficulty of your position,39 said dubledore 39why else do you thk i have not nfronted you before now? becae i knew that you would have been urdered if lord voldeort realised that i spected you39
alfoy ced at the und of the na
39i did not dare speak to you of the ission with which i knew you had been entrted, case he ed legilincy agast you,39 ntued dubledore 39but now at st we can speak ply to each other no har has been done, you have hurt nobody, though you are very cky that your untentional victis survived i can help you, dra39
39no, you can39t,39 said alfoy, his wand hand shakg very badly deed 39nobody can he told to do it or he39ll kill i39ve got no choice39
39e over to the right side, dra, and we can hide you ore pletely than you can possibly iage what is ore, i can send bers of the order to your other tonight to hide her likewise your father is safe at the ont azkaban when the ti es we can protect hi too e over to the right side, dra you are not a killer 39
alfoy stared at dubledore
39but i got this far, didn39t i?39 he said slowly they thought i39d die the attept, but i39 here and you39re y power i39 the one with the wand you39re at y rcy 39
39no, dra,39 said dubledore ietly 39it is y rcy, and not yours, that atters now39
alfoy did not speak his outh was open, his wand hand still treblg harry thought he saw it drop by a fraction -
but suddenly footsteps were thunderg up the stairs and a send ter alfoy was buffeted out of the way as four people bck robes burst through the door on to the ra-parts still paralysed, his eyes starg unblkgly, harry gazed terror upon four stranrs: it seed the death eaters had won the fight below
a py-lookg an with an odd lopsided leer gave a wheezy le
39dubledore rnered!39 he said, and he turned to a stocky little woan who looked as though she uld be his sister and who was grng early 39dubledore wandless, dubledore alone! well done, dra, well done!39
39good eveng, ayc,39 said dubledore cally, as though welg the an to a tea party 39and you39ve
ought alecto too charg 39
the woan gave an angry little titter
thk your little jokes39ll help you on your death bed, then?39 she jeered
39jokes? no, no, these are anners,39 replied dubledore
39do it,39 said th