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Just as Voldemort laments, “I expected him to come. [...] I was, it seems… mistaken,” Harry removes the Invisibility Cloak, revealing himself.
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Art by MarinaMichkina (https://t.co/HrEOL4nP3Z)
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Harry enters Dumbledore’s office, locates the Pensieve, and places Snape’s memories in it. Harry dives in.
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Voldemort orders Harry to come to the Forbidden Forest. If Harry resists, “I shall find you, and I shall punish every last man, woman, and child who has tried to conceal you from me.”
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Art by Helen-M (https://t.co/TmfcR2LVDS)
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“EXPECTO PATRONUM!” Luna, Ernie, and Seamus save the trio from Dementors on the way to the Whomping Willow.
Song of the moment: https://t.co/vn9MXfQ4IO
Art by patrickdeza (https://t.co/mBHDWRPUg1)
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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.
Song of the moment: https://t.co/A2rsyV6L5D
Art by viria13 (https://t.co/q7w9l53X1L).
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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.
Art by AncientKing (https://t.co/nBYzROS2Vv)
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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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Art by Natello (https://t.co/g6TuYSyf0v)
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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!”
Song of the moment: https://t.co/k5G6CWnUSY
Art by ChrisMay (https://t.co/OGeQF9GmzQ)
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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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Art by Catching-Smoke (https://t.co/SuJ7c9TAG7)
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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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Art by borogove13 (https://t.co/oLO3Alvh0U)
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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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Art by Clef-en-Or (https://t.co/2wHOWx12V1)
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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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Art by WisesnailArt (https://t.co/5JWc21FyS8).
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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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The sun sets over Scotland as the trio nears the end of their day-long journey on the back of the Gringotts dragon.
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Art by alicey (https://t.co/sysk0ty6Nz).
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