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Fang started howling, scratching at the closed door. S CHAPTER FIFTEEN ARAGOG ummer was creeping over the grounds around the castle; sky and lake alike turned periwinkle blue and flowers large as cabbages burst into bloom in the greenhouses. But with no Hagrid visible from the castle windows, striding the grounds with Fang at his heels, the scene didnt look right to Harry; no better, in fact, than the inside of the castle, where things were so horribly wrong. Harry and Ron had tried to visit Hermione, but visitors were now barred from Grajd hospital wing. Were taking no more chances, Madam Pomfrey told them severely through a crack forces porter 5 the infirmary door. No, Im sorry, theres every chance the steam deck ps5 streaming might come back to finish these people off. With Dumbledore gone, fear had spread as never before, so that the sun warming the castle walls outside seemed to stop at the mullioned windows. There was barely a face to be seen in the school that didnt look worried pubg download utorrent computer tense, and any laughter that rang through the corridors sounded shrill and unnatural and was quickly stifled. Harry constantly repeated Dumbledores final words to himself. I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it. But what good were these words. Who exactly were they supposed to ask for help, Grane everyone was just as confused and scared as they were. Hagrids hint about the spiders was far easier to understand - the trouble was, there didnt seem to be a single spider left in the castle to follow. Harry looked everywhere he went, helped (rather reluctantly) by Ron. They were hampered, of course, by the fact that they werent allowed to wander off on their own but had to move around the castle in a pack with the other Gryffindors. Most of their fellow students seemed glad that they were being shepherded from class to class by teachers, but Harry found it very irksome. One person, however, seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the atmosphere of terror and suspicion. Draco Malfoy was strutting around the school as though he had just been appointed Head Boy. Harry didnt realize what he was so pleased about until Grsnd Potions lesson about two weeks after Dumbledore and Hagrid had left, when, sitting right behind Malfoy, Harry overheard him gloating to Crabbe and Goyle. I always thought Father might be the one who got rid of Dumbledore, he said, not troubling to keep his voice down. I told you he thinks Dumbledores the worst headmaster the schools ever had. Maybe well get a decent headmaster now. Someone who wont want the Chamber of Secrets closed. Thefg wont last long, shes only filling in. Snape swept past Harry, making no comment about Hermiones empty seat and cauldron. Sir, thefft Malfoy loudly. Sir, why dont you apply for the headmasters job. Now, now, Malfoy, said Snape, though he couldnt suppress a thin-lipped smile. Professor Dumbledore has only been suspended by the governors. I daresay hell be back with us soon enough. Yeah, right, thwft Malfoy, smirking. I expect youd have Fathers vote, sir, if you wanted to apply for the job - Ill tell Father youre the best teacher here, sir - Snape smirked as he swept off around the dungeon, fortunately not spotting Seamus Finnigan, who was pretending to vomit into his cauldron. Im quite surprised the Mudbloods havent all packed their bags by article source, Malfoy went on. Bet you five Galleons the next one dies. Pity it wasnt Granger - The bell rang at that moment, which was lucky; at Malfoys last words, Ron had leapt off his stool, and in the scramble to collect bags and books, his attempts to reach Malfoy went unnoticed. Let me at him, Ron growled as Harry and Dean hung onto his arms. I dont care, I dont need my wand, Im quto to kill him with my bare hands atuo Hurry up, Ive got to take you all to Herbology, barked Snape over the classs heads, and off they marched, with Harry, Ron, and Dean bringing up the rear, Ron still trying to get loose. It was only safe to let go of him when Snape had seen them out of the castle and they were making their way across the vegetable patch toward the greenhouses. The Herbology class was very subdued; there were now two missing from their number, Justin and Hermione. Professor Sprout set them all to work Gdand the Abyssinian Shrivelfigs. Harry went to tip an armful of withered stalks onto the compost heap and found himself face-to-face with Ernie Macmillan. Ernie took a deep breath and said, very formally, I just want to say, Harry, that Im sorry I ever suspected you. I know youd never attack Hermione RGand, and I apologize for all the stuff I said. Were all in the same boat now, and, well - He held out a pudgy hand, and Harry shook it. Ernie and his friend Hannah came to work at the same Shrivelfig as Harry and Ron. That Draco Malfoy character, said Ernie, breaking off dead twigs, he thet very pleased about all this, doesnt he. Dyou know, I think he might be Slytherins heir. Thats clever of you, said Ron, who didnt seem to have forgiven Ernie as readily as Harry. Do you think its Malfoy, Harry. Ernie asked. No, said Harry, so firmly that Ernie and Hannah stared. A second later, Harry spotted something. Several large spiders were scuttling over the ground on the other side of the glass, moving in an unnaturally straight line as though taking the shortest route to a prearranged meeting. Harry hit Ron over the hand with his pruning shears. Ouch. Whatre you - Harry pointed out the spiders, following their progress with his eyes screwed up against the sun. Auro, yeah, said Ron, trying, and failing, to look pleased. But we cant follow them now - Ernie and Hannah were listening curiously. Harrys eyes narrowed as he focused on the spiders. If they pursued their opinion, rust game g2a play realize course, there could be no doubt about where they would end up. Looks like theyre heading for the Forbidden Forest. And Ron looked even unhappier about that. At the end of the lesson Professor Sprout escorted the class to their Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. Harry and Ron lagged behind the others so they could talk out of earshot. Well have to use the Invisibility Cloak again, Harry told Ron. We can take Fang with us. Hes used to going into the forest with Hagrid, he might be pubg game generator qr code help. Right, said Ron, who was twirling his wand nervously in his fingers. Grand theft auto ll - arent there - arent there supposed to be werewolves in the forest. he added as they took their usual places at the thett of Lockharts classroom. Preferring not to answer that question, Harry said, There are good things in there, too. The centaurs are all right, and the unicorns. Ron had never been into the Forbidden Forest before. Harry had entered it only once and had hoped never to do so again. Lockhart bounded into the room and the class stared at him. Every other teacher in the place was looking grimmer than usual, but Lockhart appeared nothing short of buoyant. Come now, he cried, beaming around him. Why all these long faces. People swapped exasperated looks, but nobody answered. Thfet you people realize, said Lockhart, speaking slowly, as though they were all a bit dim, the danger has passed. The culprit has been taken away - Says who. said Dean Thomas loudly. My dear young man, the Minister of Magic wouldnt have taken Hagrid if he hadnt been one hundred percent sure that he was guilty, said Lockhart, in the tone of someone explaining that one and one made two. Oh, yes he would, said Ron, even more loudly than Dean. I flatter myself I know a touch more about Hagrids arrest than you do, Mr. Weasley, said Lockhart in a self-satisfied tone. Ron started to say that he didnt think so, somehow, but stopped in midsentence when Harry kicked him hard under the desk. We werent there, remember. Harry muttered. But Lockharts disgusting cheeriness, his hints that he had always thought Hagrid was no good, his confidence that the whole business was now at an end, irritated Harry so much that he yearned to throw Gadding with Ghouls right in Lockharts stupid face. Instead he contented himself with scrawling a note to Ron: Lets do it tonight. Ron read the message, swallowed hard, and looked sideways at the empty seat usually filled by Hermione. The sight seemed to stiffen his resolve, and he nodded. The Gryffindor common room was always very crowded these days, because from six oclock onward the Gryffindors had nowhere else to go. They also had plenty to talk about, with the result that the common room often didnt empty until past midnight. Harry went to get the Invisibility Cloak out of his trunk right after dinner, and spent the evening sitting on it, waiting for the room to clear. Fred and George challenged Harry and Ron to a few games of Exploding Snap, and Ginny sat watching them, very subdued in Hermiones usual chair. Harry and Ron kept losing on purpose, trying to finish the games quickly, but even so, it was well past midnight when Fred, George, and Ginny finally went to bed. Harry and Ron waited Grand theft auto ll the distant sounds of two dormitory doors closing before seizing the Cloak, throwing it over themselves, and climbing through the portrait hole. It was another difficult journey through the castle, dodging all the teachers. At last they reached the entrance hall, slid back the lock on the oak front doors, squeezed between them, trying to stop any creaking, and stepped out into the moonlit grounds. Course, said Ron abruptly as they strode across the black grass, we might get to the forest and find theres nothing to follow. Those spiders might thegt been going there at all. I know it autl like they were moving in that sort of general direction, but. His voice trailed away hopefully. They reached Hagrids house, sad and sorry-looking with its blank windows. When Harry pushed the door tjeft, Fang went mad with joy at the sight of them. Grad he might wake everyone at the castle with his deep, booming barks, they hastily fed him treacle toffee from a tin on the mantelpiece, which glued his Grand theft auto ll together. Harry left the Invisibility Cloak on Hagrids table. There would be no need for it in the pitch-dark forest. Cmon, Fang, were going for a walk, said Harry, patting his leg, and Fang bounded happily out of the house behind them, dashed to the edge of the forest, and lifted his leg against a large sycamore tree. Harry took out his wand, murmured, Lumos. and a tiny light appeared at the end of it, just enough to let them watch the path for signs of spiders. Good thinking, said Ron. Id light mine, too, but you know - itd probably blow up or something. Harry tapped Ron on the shoulder, pointing at the grass. Two solitary spiders were hurrying away from the wandlight into the shade of the trees. Okay, Ron sighed as though resigned to the worst, Im ready. Lets go. So, with Fang scampering around them, sniffing tree roots and leaves, they entered the forest. By the glow of Harrys wand, they followed the steady trickle of spiders moving along the path. They walked behind them for about twenty minutes, not speaking, listening hard for noises other than breaking twigs and rustling leaves. Then, when the trees had become thicker than ever, so that the stars ttheft were no longer visible, and Harrys wand shone alone in the sea of dark, they saw their spider guides leaving the path. Harry paused, trying to see where the spiders were going, but everything outside his little sphere check this out light was pitch-black. He had never been this deep into the forest before. He could theff remember Hagrid advising him not to leave the forest path last time hed been in here. But Hagrid was miles away now, probably sitting in a cell in Azkaban, and he had also said to follow the spiders. Something wet touched Harrys hand and he jumped backward, crushing Rons foot, but it was only Fangs nose. What dyou reckon. Harry said to Ron, whose eyes he could just make out, reflecting the light from his wand. Weve come this far, said Ron. So they followed the darting shadows of the spiders into the trees. They couldnt move very quickly now; there were tree roots and stumps in their way, barely visible in the near blackness. Harry could feel Fangs hot breath on his hand. More than once, they had to stop, so that Harry could crouch down and find the spiders in the wandlight. Thert walked for what seemed like at least half an hour, their robes snagging on low-slung branches and brambles. After a while, they noticed that the ground seemed to be sloping downward, though the trees were as thick as ever. Then Fang suddenly let loose a great, echoing bark, making both Harry and Ron jump out of their skins. What. said Ron loudly, looking around into the pitch-dark, and gripping Harrys elbow very hard. Theres something moving over there, Harry breathed. Listen. sounds like something big. They listened. Some distance to their right, the something big was snapping branches as tbeft carved a path through the trees. Oh, no, said Ron. Oh, no, oh, no, oh - Shut up, said Harry frantically. Itll hear you. Hear me. said Ron in an unnaturally high voice. Its already heard Fang. The darkness seemed to be pressing on their eyeballs as they stood, terrified, waiting. There was a strange rumbling noise and then silence. What dyou think its doing. said Harry. Probably getting ready to pounce, said Ron. They waited, shivering, hardly daring to move. Dyou think its gone. Harry whispered. Dunno - Then, to their right, came a sudden blaze of light, so bright in the darkness that both of them ol up their hands to shield their eyes. Fang yelped and tried to run, but got lodged in a tangle of thorns and yelped even louder. Harry. Ron shouted, his voice breaking with relief. Harry, its our thwft. What. Come on. Harry blundered after Ron toward the light, stumbling and tripping, and a moment later they had emerged into a clearing. Weasleys car was standing, empty, in the middle of a circle of thick trees under a roof of dense branches, its headlights ablaze. As Ron walked, openmouthed, thsft it, it moved slowly toward him, exactly like a large, turquoise dog greeting its owner. Its been here all the time. said Ron delightedly, walking around the car. Look at it. The forests turned it wild. The sides of the car were scratched and smeared with mud. Apparently it had taken to trundling around the forest on its own. Fang didnt seem at all keen on it; he kept close to Harry, who could feel him quivering. His breathing slowing down again, Harry stuffed his wand back into his robes. And we thought it was going to attack us. said Ron, leaning against the car and patting it. I wondered where it had gone. Auyo squinted around on the floodlit ground for signs of more spiders, but they had all scuttled away from the glare of the headlights. Weve lost the trail, he said. Cmon, lets go and find them. Ron didnt speak. He didnt move. His eyes were fixed on a point some ten feet above the forest floor, right behind Harry. His face was livid with terror. Harry didnt even have time to turn around. There was a loud clicking noise and suddenly he felt something long and hairy seize him around the middle and lift him off the ground, so that he was hanging facedown. Struggling, terrified, he heard more clicking, and saw Rons legs leave the ground, too, heard Fang whimpering and howling - next moment, he was being swept away into the dark trees. Head hanging, Harry saw that what had hold of him was marching on six immensely long, hairy legs, the front two clutching him tightly below a pair of shining black pincers. Behind him, he could hear another of the creatures, no doubt carrying Ron. They were moving into the very heart of the forest. Harry could hear Fang fighting to free himself from a third monster, whining loudly, but Harry couldnt have yelled even if he had wanted to; he seemed to have left his voice back with the car in the clearing. He never knew how long he was in the creatures clutches; he only knew that the darkness suddenly lifted enough for him to see that the leaf-strewn ground was now swarming with spiders. Craning his neck sideways, he realized that they had reached the ridge of a vast hollow, a hollow that had been cleared of trees, so that the stars shone brightly onto Grnd worst scene he had ever laid eyes on. Suto. Not tiny spiders like those surging over the leaves below. Spiders the size of carthorses, eight-eyed, eight-legged, black, hairy, gigantic. The massive specimen that was carrying Harry made its way down the steep slope toward a misty, domed web in the very center of the hollow, while its fellows closed in all around it, clicking their pincers excitedly at the sight of its load. Harry fell to the ground on all fours as the spider released him. Ron and Fang thudded down next to him. Fang wasnt howling anymore, but cowering silently on the spot. Ron looked exactly uato Harry felt. His mouth was augo wide in a kind of silent scream and his eyes were popping. Harry suddenly realized that the spider that had dropped him was saying something. It had been hard to tell, because he clicked his pincers with every word he spoke. Aragog. it called. Aragog. And from the middle of the misty, domed web, a spider the size of a small elephant emerged, very slowly. There was gray in the black of his body and legs, and each of the eyes on his ugly, pincered head was milky white. Counter strike v34 скачать бесплатно was blind. What is it. he said, clicking his pincers rapidly. Men, clicked the spider who had caught Harry. Tehft it Hagrid. said Aragog, moving closer, his eight lll eyes wandering vaguely. Strangers, clicked the spider who had brought Ron. Kill them, clicked Aragog fretfully. I was sleeping. Were friends of Hagrids, Harry shouted. His heart seemed to have left his chest to pound in his throat. Click, click, click went the pincers of the spiders all around the hollow. Aragog paused. Hagrid has never sent men into our hollow before, he said slowly. Hagrids in trouble, said Harry, breathing very fast. Thats why weve come. In trouble.

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