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The trio is joined by Fred and Percy Weasley, battling Death Eaters. Suddenly, an explosion tears everything apart. In the aftermath, we learn that Fred has been killed.
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The trio exits the Room of Requirements and enters again to search for the Diadem, and they are attacked by Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle.
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“Running at Ron, [Hermione] flung [her arms] around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron...responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet.”
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Ron pauses. “Hang on a moment! We’ve forgotten someone! [...] The house-elves, they’ll all be down in the kitchen, won’t they? [...] We can’t order them to die for us!”
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Harry reunites with Ron and Hermione, who have destroyed the Hufflepuff Cup Horcrux. “It was Ron, all Ron’s idea! Wasn’t it absolutely brilliant?” gushes Hermione.
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Chaos ensues as Death Eaters try to find a way to break the enchantments. “The whole castle shook, and Harry knew [...] that it was in the grip of enchantments more sinister than those of the teachers and the Order.”
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As Harry runs off to find the Diadem, he hears a loud crash, and Hagrid comes flying in through a window. Hagrid immediately gives Harry a “cursory and rib-cracking hug.”
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Harry goes to the Gray Lady, and she finally admits, "I stole the diadem. I sought to make myself cleverer, more important than my mother. I ran away with it.”
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Voldemort’s cold voice echoes throughout the Great Hall: “Give me Harry Potter and none shall be harmed. You have until midnight.”
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A Caterwauling Charm goes off as the trio Apparates into a dark Hogsmeade. Death Eaters and Dementors begin a search for the intruders. The trio escapes into the Hog’s Head pub. https://t.co/f0uV6YY9ti
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