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The man was yelling in pain. then he fell silent. He slumped backward against the wall. Blood was splattering onto the floor. His forehead hurt terribly. It was aching fit to burst. Harry. HARRY. He opened his eyes. Every inch of his body was covered in icy sweat; his bedcovers were twisted all around him like a straitjacket; he felt as though a white-hot poker was being applied to his forehead. Harry. Ron was standing over him looking extremely frightened. There were more Pubg x evangelion original at the foot of Harrys bed. He clutched his head in his hands; the pain steam deck handheld or blinding him. He rolled right over and vomited over the edge of the mattress. Hes really ill, said a scared voice. Should we call someone. Harry. Harry. He had to tell Ron, it was very important that he tell him. Taking great gulps of air, Harry pushed himself up in bed, willing himself not to зомби сервера strike counter up again, the pain half-blinding him. Your dad, he panted, his chest heaving. Your dads. been attacked. What. said Ron uncomprehendingly. Your dad. Hes been bitten, its serious, there was blood everywhere. Im going for help, said the same scared voice, and Harry heard footsteps running out of the dormitory. Harry, mate, said Ron uncertainly, you. you were just dreaming. said Harry furiously; it was crucial that Ron understand. It wasnt a dream. not an ordinary dream. I was there, I saw it. I did it. He could hear Seamus and Dean muttering but did not care. The pain in his forehead was subsiding slightly, though he was still sweating and shivering feverishly. He retched again and Ron leapt backward out of the way. Harry, youre not well, he said shakily. Nevilles gone for help. Im fine. Harry choked, wiping his mouth on his pajamas and shaking uncontrollably. Theres nothing wrong with me, its your dad youve got to worry about - we need to find out where he is - hes bleeding like mad - I was - it was a huge snake. He tried to get out of bed but Ron pushed him back into it; Dean and Seamus were still whispering somewhere nearby. Whether one minute passed or ten, Harry did not know; he simply sat there shaking, feeling the pain recede very slowly from his scar. Then there were hurried footsteps coming up the stairs, and he heard Nevilles voice again. Over here, Professor. Professor McGonagall came hurrying into the dormitory in her tartan dressing gown, her glasses perched lopsidedly on the bridge of her bony nose. What is it, Potter. Where does it hurt. He had never been so pleased to see her; it was a member of the Order of the Phoenix he needed now, pubg gameloop free download steam someone fussing over him and prescribing useless potions. Its Rons dad, he said, sitting up again. Hes been attacked by a snake and its serious, I saw it happen. What do you mean, you saw it happen. said Professor McGonagall, her dark eyebrows contracting. I dont know. I was asleep and then I was there. You mean you dreamed this. said Harry angrily. Would none of them understand. I was having a dream at first about something completely different, something stupid. and then this interrupted it. It was real, I didnt imagine it, Mr. Weasley was asleep on the floor and he was attacked by a gigantic snake, there was a load of blood, he collapsed, someones got to find out where he is. Professor McGonagall was gazing at sorry, baldurs gate 3 images just have through her lopsided spectacles as though horrified at what she was seeing. Im not lying, and Im not mad. Harry told her, his voice rising to a shout. I tell you, I saw it happen. I believe you, Potter, said Professor McGonagall curtly. Put on your dressing-gown - were going to see the headmaster. H CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO ST. MUNGOS HOSPITAL FOR MAGICAL MALADIES AND INJURIES arry was so relieved that she was taking him seriously that he did not hesitate, but jumped out of bed at once, pulled on his dressing gown, and pushed his glasses back onto his nose. Weasley, you ought to come too, said Professor McGonagall. They followed Professor McGonagall past the silent figures of Neville, Dean, and Seamus, out of the dormitory, down the spiral stairs into the common room, through the portrait hole, and off along the Fat Ladys moonlit corridor. Harry felt as though the panic inside him might spill over at any moment; he wanted to run, to yell for Dumbledore. Weasley was Pubg x evangelion original as they walked along so sedately, and what if those fangs (Harry tried hard not to think my fangs) had been poisonous. They passed Mrs. Norris, who turned her lamplike eyes upon them and hissed faintly, but Professor McGonagall said, Shoo. Mrs. Norris slunk away into the shadows, and in a few minutes they had reached the stone gargoyle guarding the entrance to Dumbledores office. Fizzing Whizbee, said Professor McGonagall. The gargoyle sprang to life and leapt aside; the wall behind it split in two to reveal a stone staircase that was moving continuously upward like a spiral escalator. The three of them stepped onto the moving stairs; the wall closed behind them with a thud, and they were moving upward in tight circles until they reached the highly polished oak door with the brass knocker shaped like a griffin. Though it was now well past midnight, there were voices coming from inside the room, a positive babble of them. It sounded as though Dumbledore was entertaining at least a dozen people. Professor McGonagall rapped three times with the griffin knocker, and the voices ceased abruptly as though someone had switched them all off. The door opened of its own accord and Professor McGonagall led Harry and Ron inside. The room was in half darkness; the strange silver instruments standing on tables were silent and still rather than whirring and visit web page puffs of smoke as they usually did. The portraits of old headmasters and headmistresses covering the walls were all snoozing in their frames. Behind are call of duty black ops cold war youtube think door, a magnificent red-and-gold bird the size counter file download a swan dozed on its perch with its head under its wing. Oh, its you, Professor McGonagall. and. Dumbledore was sitting in a high-backed chair behind his desk; he leaned forward into the pool of candlelight illuminating the papers laid out before him. He was wearing a magnificently embroidered purple-and-gold dressing gown over a snowy-white nightshirt, but seemed wide awake, his penetrating light-blue eyes fixed intently upon Professor McGonagall. Professor Dumbledore, Potter has had a. well, a nightmare, said Professor McGonagall. He says. It wasnt a nightmare, said Harry quickly. Professor McGonagall looked around at Harry, frowning slightly. Very well, then, Potter, you tell the headmaster about it. well, I was asleep. said Harry and even in his terror and his desperation to make Dumbledore understand he felt slightly irritated that the headmaster was not looking at him, but examining his own interlocked fingers. But it wasnt an ordinary dream. it was real. I saw it happen. He took a deep breath, Rons dad - Mr. Weasley - has been attacked by a giant snake. The words seemed to reverberate in the air after he had said them, slightly ridiculous, even comic. There was a pause in which Dumbledore leaned back and stared meditatively at the ceiling. Ron looked from Harry to Dumbledore, white-faced and shocked. How did you see this. Dumbledore asked quietly, still not looking at Harry. Well. I dont know, said Harry, rather angrily - what did it matter. Inside my head, I suppose - You misunderstand me, said Dumbledore, still in the same calm tone. I mean. can you remember - er - Pubg x evangelion original you were positioned as you watched this attack happen. Were you perhaps standing beside the victim, or else looking down on the scene from above. This was such a curious question that Harry gaped at Dumbledore; it was almost as though he knew. I was the snake, he said. I saw it all from the snakes point of view. Nobody else spoke for a moment, then Dumbledore, now looking at Ron, who was still whey-faced, said in a new and sharper voice, Is Arthur seriously injured. Yes, said Harry emphatically - why were they all so slow on the uptake, did they not realize how much a person bled when fangs that long pierced their side. And why could Dumbledore not do him the courtesy of looking at him. But Dumbledore stood up so quickly that Harry jumped, and addressed one of the old portraits hanging very near the ceiling. Everard. he said sharply. And you too, Dilys. A sallow-faced wizard with short, black bangs and an elderly witch with long silver ringlets in the frame beside him, both of whom seemed to have been in the deepest of sleeps, opened their eyes immediately. You were listening. said Dumbledore. The wizard nodded, the witch said, Naturally. The man has red hair and glasses, said Dumbledore. Everard, you will need to raise the alarm, make sure he is found by the right people - Both nodded and moved sideways out of their frames, but instead of emerging in neighboring pictures (as usually source at Hogwarts), neither reappeared; one frame now contained nothing but a backdrop of dark curtain, the other a handsome leather armchair. Harry noticed that many of the other headmasters and mistresses on the walls, though snoring and drooling most convincingly, kept sneaking peeks at him under their eyelids, and he suddenly understood who had been talking when they had knocked. Everard and Dilys were two of Hogwartss most celebrated Heads, Dumbledore said, now sweeping around Harry, Ron, and Professor McGonagall and approaching the magnificent sleeping bird on his perch beside the door. Their renown is such that both have portraits hanging in other important Wizarding institutions. As they are free to move between their own portraits they can tell us what may be happening elsewhere. But Mr. Weasley could be anywhere. said Harry. Please sit down, all three of you, said Dumbledore, as though Harry had not spoken. Everard and Dilys may not be back for several minutes. Professor McGonagall, if you could draw up extra chairs. Professor McGonagall pulled her wand from the pocket of her dressing gown and waved it; three chairs appeared out of thin air, straight-backed and wooden, quite unlike the comfortable chintz armchairs that Dumbledore had conjured back at Harrys hearing. Harry sat down, watching Dumbledore over his shoulder. 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Harry wondered whether the instrument was confirming his steamboat quay He looked eagerly at Dumbledore for a sign that he was right, but Dumbledore did not look up. Naturally, naturally, murmured Dumbledore apparently to himself, still observing the stream of smoke without the slightest sign of surprise. But in essence divided. Harry could make neither head nor tail of this question. The smoke serpent, however, split itself instantly into two snakes, both coiling and undulating in the dark air. With a look of grim satisfaction Dumbledore gave the instrument another gentle tap with his wand: The clinking noise slowed and died, and the smoke serpents grew faint, became a formless haze, and vanished. Dumbledore replaced the instrument upon its spindly little table; Harry saw many of the old headmasters in the portraits follow him with their eyes, then, realizing that Harry was watching them, hastily pretend to be sleeping again. Harry wanted to ask what the strange silver instrument was for, but before he could do so, there was a shout from the top of the wall to their right; the wizard called Everard had reappeared in his portrait, panting slightly. Dumbledore. What news. said Dumbledore at once. I yelled until someone came running, said the wizard, who was mopping his brow on the curtain behind him, said Id heard something moving downstairs - they werent sure whether to believe me but went down to check - you know there are no portraits https://strategygames.cloud/steam/steam-spring-sale-2024-details.php there to watch from. Anyway, they carried him up a few minutes later. He doesnt look good, hes covered in blood, I ran along to Elfrida Craggs portrait to get a good view as they left - Good, said Dumbledore as Ron made a convulsive movement, I take it Dilys will have seen him arrive, then - And moments later, the silver-ringletted witch had reappeared in her picture too; she sank, coughing, into her armchair and said, Yes, theyve taken him to St. Mungos, Dumbledore. They carried him past under my portrait. He looks bad. Thank you, said Dumbledore. He looked around at Professor McGonagall. Minerva, I need you to go and wake the other Weasley children. Of course. Professor McGonagall got up and moved swiftly to the door; Harry cast a sideways glance at Ron, who was now looking terrified. And Dumbledore - what about Molly. said Professor McGonagall, pausing at the door. That will be a job for Fawkes when he has finished keeping a lookout for anybody approaching, said Dumbledore. But she may already know. that excellent clock of hers. 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Dumbledore marched over to another portrait, this time of a clever-looking wizard with a pointed beard, who had been painted wearing the Slytherin colors of green and silver and was apparently sleeping so deeply that he could not hear Dumbledores voice when he attempted to rouse him. Phineas. Phineas. And now the subjects of the portraits lining the room were no longer pretending to be asleep; they were shifting around in their frames, the better to watch what was happening. When the clever-looking wizard continued to feign sleep, some of them shouted his name too. Phineas. Phineas. PHINEAS. He could not pretend any longer; he gave a theatrical jerk and opened his eyes wide. Did someone call. I need you to visit your other portrait again, Phineas, said Dumbledore. Ive got another message. Visit my other portrait. said Phineas in a reedy voice, giving a long, fake yawn (his eyes traveling around the room and focusing upon Harry). Oh no, Dumbledore, I am too tired tonight. Something about Phineass voice was familiar to Harry. Where had he heard it before. But before he could think, the portraits on the surrounding walls broke into a storm of protest. Insubordination, sir. roared a corpulent, red-nosed wizard, brandishing his fists. Dereliction of duty. We are honor-bound to give service to the present headmaster of Hogwarts. cried a frail-looking old wizard whom Harry recognized as Dumbledores predecessor, Armando Dippet. Shame on you, Phineas. Shall I persuade him, Dumbledore. called a gimlet-eyed witch, raising an unusually thick wand that looked not unlike a birch rod. Oh, very well, said the wizard called Phineas, eyeing this wand slightly apprehensively, though he may well have destroyed my picture by now, hes done most of the family - Sirius knows not to destroy your portrait, said Dumbledore, and Harry realized immediately where he had heard Phineass voice before: issuing from the apparently empty frame in his bedroom in Grimmauld Place. You are to give him the message that Arthur Weasley has been gravely injured and that his wife, children, and Harry Potter will be arriving at his house shortly. Do you understand. Arthur Weasley, injured, wife and children and Harry Potter coming to stay, recited Phineas in a bored voice. Yes, yes. very well. He sloped away into the frame of the portrait and disappeared from view at the very moment that the study door opened again. Fred, George, and Ginny were ushered inside by Professor McGonagall, all three of them looking disheveled and shocked, still in their night things. Harry - whats going on. asked Ginny, who looked frightened. Professor Article source says you saw Dad hurt - Your father has been injured in the course of his work for the Order of the Phoenix, said Dumbledore before Harry could speak. He has been taken to St. Mungos Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. I am sending you back to Siriuss house, which is much more convenient for the hospital than the Burrow. You will meet your mother there. Howre we going. asked Fred, looking shaken.
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