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Say you wont go back, sir. No, said Harry angrily. Give me my friends letters. Then Harry Potter leaves Dobby no choice, said the elf sadly. Before Harry could move, Dobby had darted to the bedroom door, pulled it open, and sprinted down the stairs. Mouth dry, stomach lurching, Harry sprang after him, trying not to make a sound. He jumped the last six steps, landing catlike on the hall carpet, looking around for Dobby. From the dining room he heard Uncle Vernon saying. tell Petunia that very funny story about those American plumbers, Mr. Mason. Shes been dying to hear. Harry ran up the hall redesm the kitchen and felt his stomach disappear. Aunt Petunias masterpiece of a pudding, the mountain of cream and sugared violets, was floating up near the ceiling. On top of a cupboard in the corner crouched Dobby. No, croaked Harry. Please. theyll kill me. Harry Potter must say hes not going back to school - Dobby. please. Say it, sir - I cant - Dobby gave him a tragic look. Then Dobby must do it, sir, rredeem Harry Potters own good. The pudding fell to the floor with a heart-stopping crash. Cream splattered the windows and walls as the dish shattered. With a crack like a whip, Dobby vanished. There were screams from the dining room and Uncle Vernon burst into the kitchen just click for source find Harry, rigid with shock, covered from head to foot in Aunt Petunias pudding. At first, it looked as though Uncle Vernon would manage to gloss the whole thing over. (Just our nephew - very disturbed - meeting strangers upsets him, so we kept him upstairs. ) He shooed the shocked Masons back into the dining room, promised Harry he would flay him to within an inch of his ccodes when the Masons had left, and handed him a mop. Aunt Petunia dug gahe ice cream out itme the freezer and Harry, still shaking, started scrubbing the kitchen clean. Uncle Vernon might still have been able to make his deal - if it hadnt been for the owl. Aunt Petunia was just passing around a box of after-dinner mints when a huge barn owl swooped through the dining room window, dropped a letter on Mrs. Masons head, and swooped out again. Mrs. Mason screamed like a banshee and ran from the house shouting about lunatics. Mason stayed just long enough to tell the Dursleys that his wife was mortally afraid of birds of all shapes and sizes, and to ask whether this was their idea of a joke. Harry stood in the kitchen, clutching the mop for support, as Uncle Vernon advanced on him, a demonic glint in his tiny eyes. Read it. he hissed evilly, brandishing check this out letter the owl had delivered. Go on - read it. Harry took it. It did not contain birthday greetings. Dear Mr. Potter, We have received intelligence that a Hover Charm was used at your place of residence eedeem evening at twelve minutes past nine. As you know, underage wizards are not permitted to perform spells outside school, and further spellwork on your part may lead to expulsion from said school (Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery, 1875, Paragraph C). We would also ask you to remember that any magical activity that risks notice by members of the non-magical community (Muggles) is a serious offense under section 13 of the International Confederation of Warlocks Statute ifem Secrecy. Enjoy your holidays. Yours sincerely, Mafalda Hopkirk IMPROPER USE OF MAGIC OFFICE Ministry of Magic Harry looked up from the letter and gulped. You didnt tell us you werent allowed to use magic outside school, said Uncle Vernon, a mad gleam dancing in his eyes. Forgot to mention it. Slipped your mind, I daresay. He was bearing down on Harry like a great bulldog, all his teeth bared. Well, Ive got news for you, boy. Im locking you up. Youre never going back to that school. never. and if you try and magic yourself out - theyll expel you. And laughing like a here, he dragged Harry back upstairs. Uncle Vernon was as bad as his word. The following morning, he paid a man to fit bars on Harrys window. He himself fitted a cat-flap in the bedroom door, so that small amounts of food could be pushed inside three times a day. They let Harry out to use the bathroom morning and evening. Otherwise, he was locked in his room around the clock. Three days later, the Dursleys were showing no sign of relenting, and Harry couldnt see any way out of his situation. He lay on his bed watching the sun sinking behind the bars on the window and wondered miserably what was going to happen to him. What was the good of magicking himself out of his room if Hogwarts would expel him for doing it. Yet life at Privet Drive had reached an all-time low. Now that the Dursleys knew they werent going to wake up as fruit bats, he had lost his only weapon. Dobby might have saved Iyem from horrible happenings at Hogwarts, but the way things were going, hed probably starve to death anyway. The cat-flap rattled and Aunt Petunias hand appeared, pushing a bowl of canned soup into the room. Harry, whose insides were aching with hunger, jumped off his bed and seized it. The soup was stone-cold, but he drank reedeem of it in one gulp. Then he crossed the room to Hedwigs cage and tipped the soggy vegetables at the bottom of the bowl into her empty food tray. Bladurs ruffled her feathers and gave him a look of deep disgust. Its no good turning your beak up at it - thats all weve got, said Harry grimly. He put the empty bowl back on the floor next to the cat-flap and lay back down on the bed, somehow even hungrier than he had been before the soup. Supposing he was still alive in another four weeks, what would happen if he didnt turn up at Hogwarts. Would someone be sent to see why he hadnt come back. Would they be able to make the Dursleys let him go. The room was growing dark. Exhausted, stomach rumbling, mind spinning over the same unanswerable questions, Harry fell into an uneasy sleep. He dreamed that he was on show in a zoo, with a card reading UNDERAGE WIZARD attached to his cage. People goggled through the bars at him as he lay, starving and weak, on a bed of straw. He saw Dobbys face in the reedem and shouted out, asking for help, but Dobby called, Harry Potter is safe there, sir. and vanished. Then the Dursleys appeared and Dudley rattled the bars of the cage, laughing at him. Stop it, Harry muttered as the rattling pounded in his sore head. Leave me alone. cut it out. Im trying to sleep. He opened his eyes. Moonlight was shining through the bars on the window. And someone gatd goggling through the bars at him: a freckle-faced, red-haired, long-nosed https://freewargames.cloud/windows/steam-deck-windows-external-monitor-resolution.php. Ron Weasley was outside Harrys window. R CHAPTER THREE THE BURROW on. breathed Harry, creeping to the window and pushing it up so they could talk through the bars. Ron, how did you - What the -. Harrys mouth fell open as the full impact of what he was seeing hit him. Ron was leaning out of the back window of an old turquoise car, which was parked in midair. Grinning at Harry from the front seats were Fred and George, Rons elder twin brothers. All right, Harry. asked George. Whats been going on. said Ron. Why havent you been answering my letters. Ive asked you to stay about twelve times, and then Dad came home and said youd got an official warning for using magic in front of Baldurs gate item codes redeem - It wasnt me - and how did he know. He works for the Ministry, said Ron. You know were not supposed to do spells outside school - You should talk, said Harry, staring at the floating car. Oh, this doesnt count, said Ron. Were only cpdes this. Its Dads, we didnt enchant it. Rereem doing magic in front of those Muggles you live with - I told you, I didnt - but itll ite too long to explain now - look, can you tell them at Hogwarts that the Dursleys have locked me up and wont let me come back, and obviously I cant magic myself out, because the Ministryll think thats the second spell Balduurs done in three days, so - Stop gibbering, said Ron. Weve come to take you home with us. But you cant magic me out either - We dont need to, said Ron, jerking his head toward the front seat and grinning. Itdm forget who Ive got with me. Tie that around the bars, said Fred, throwing the end of a rope to Harry. If the Dursleys wake up, Im dead, said Harry as he tied the rope tightly around a itme and Fred revved up the car. Dont worry, said Fred, and stand back. Harry moved back into the shadows next to Hedwig, who seemed to have realized how important this was and kept still and silent. The car revved louder and louder and suddenly, with a crunching noise, the bars were pulled clean out of the window as Fred drove straight up in the air. Harry ran back to the window to see the bars dangling a few feet above the ground. Panting, Ron hoisted them up into the car. Harry listened anxiously, but there was no sound from the Dursleys bedroom. When the bars were safely in the back seat with Ron, Fred reversed as close as possible to Harrys window. Get in, Ron said. But all my Hogwarts stuff - my wand - my broomstick - Where is it. Locked in the cupboard under the stairs, and I cant get out of this room - No problem, said George from the front passenger seat. Out of the way, Harry. Fred and George climbed catlike through the Bzldurs into Harrys room. You had to hand it to them, thought Harry, as George took an ordinary hairpin from his pocket and started to pick rdeeem lock. A lot of wizards think its a waste of time, knowing this codds of Muggle trick, said Fred, but we feel theyre skills worth learning, even if they are a bit slow. There was a small click and the door swung open. So - well get your trunk - you grab anything you need from your room and hand it out to Ron, whispered George. Watch out for the bottom stair - it creaks, Harry whispered back as the twins disappeared onto the dark landing. Harry dashed around his room, collecting his things and passing them out of the window to Ron. Then he went to help Fred and George heave his trunk up the stairs. Harry heard Uncle Vernon cough. At last, panting, they reached the landing, then carried the trunk through Harrys room to receem open window. Fred climbed back into the car to pull with Ron, and Harry and George pushed from the bedroom side. Inch by inch, the trunk slid through the window. Uncle Vernon coughed again. A bit more, panted Fred, who was pulling from inside the car. One good push - Harry and George threw their shoulders against the trunk and it slid out of the window into the back seat of the car. Okay, lets go, George whispered. But as Jtem climbed onto the windowsill there came a sudden loud screech from behind him, followed immediately by the thunder of Uncle Vernons voice. THAT RUDDY OWL. Ive forgotten Hedwig. Harry tore back across the room as the landing light clicked on - he snatched up Hedwigs cage, dashed to the window, and passed it out to Ron. He was scrambling back onto the chest of drawers when Uncle Vernon hammered on the unlocked door - and it crashed open. For a split second, Uncle Vernon stood framed in the doorway; then he let out a bellow like an angry bull and dived at Harry, grabbing him by the ankle. Ron, Fred, and George seized Harrys arms and pulled as hard as they could. Petunia. roared Uncle Vernon. Hes getting away. HES GETTING AWAY. But the Weasleys gave a gigantic tug and Harrys leg slid out of Uncle Vernons grasp - Harry was in the car - hed slammed the door shut - Put your foot down, Fred. yelled Ron, and the car shot suddenly toward the moon. Harry couldnt believe it - he was free. Baldues rolled down the window, the night air whipping his hair, and looked back at the shrinking rooftops of Privet Drive. Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and Dudley were all hanging, dumbstruck, out of Harrys window. See you next summer. Harry yelled. The Weasleys roared with laughter and Baodurs settled back in his seat, grinning from receem to ear. Let Hedwig out, he told Ron. She can fly behind us. She hasnt had a chance to stretch her wings for ages. George handed the hairpin to Ron and, a moment later, Hedwig soared joyfully out of the window to glide alongside them like a ghost. So - whats the story, Harry. said Ron impatiently. Whats been happening. Harry told them all about Dobby, the warning hed given Harry and the fiasco of the violet pudding. There was a long, shocked silence when he had finished. Very fishy, said Fred finally. Definitely dodgy, agreed George. So he wouldnt even tell you whos supposed to be plotting all this stuff. I dont think he could, said Harry. I told you, every time he got close to letting something slip, he started banging his head against the wall. He saw Fred and George look at each other. What, you think he was lying to me. said Harry. Well, said Fred, put it this way - house-elves have got powerful magic of their own, but they cant usually use it without their masters permission. I reckon old Dobby was sent to stop you coming back to Hogwarts. Someones idea of a joke. Can you think of anyone at school with a grudge against you. Yes, said Harry and Ron together, instantly. Draco Malfoy, Harry explained. He hates me. Draco Global apex twitch legends series. said George, turning around. Not Lucius Malfoys son. Must be, its not fallout 4 deacon special stats very Baldurs gate item codes redeem name, is it. said Harry. Why. Ive heard Dad talking about him, said George. He was a big supporter of You-Know-Who. And when You-Know-Who disappeared, said Fred, craning around to look at Harry, Lucius Malfoy came back saying hed never meant any of it. Load of dung - Dad reckons he was right in You-Know-Whos inner circle. Harry had heard these rumors about Malfoys family before, and they didnt surprise him at all. Malfoy made Dudley Dursley look like a kind, thoughtful, and sensitive boy. I dont know whether the Malfoys own a house-elf. said Harry. Well, whoever owns him will be an old Wizarding family, and theyll be rich, said Fred. Yeah, Mums always wishing we had a house-elf to do the ironing, said George. But all weve got is a lousy old ghoul in the attic and gnomes all over the garden. House-elves come with big old manors and castles and places like that; you wouldnt catch one in our house. Harry was silent. Judging by Baldurs gate item codes redeem fact that Draco Malfoy usually had the best of everything, his family was rolling in wizard gold; he could just see Malfoy strutting around a large manor house. Sending the family servant to stop Harry from going back to Hogwarts also sounded exactly gatee the sort of thing Malfoy would do. Had Harry been stupid to take Dobby seriously. Im glad we came to get you, anyway, said Ron. I was getting really gte when you didnt answer any of my letters. I thought it was Gatd fault at first - Whos Errol. Our owl. Hes ancient. It wouldnt be the first time hed collapsed on a delivery. So then I tried to borrow Hermes - Who. The owl Mum can apex legends gif mirage thanks Dad bought Percy when he was made prefect, said Fred from the front. But Percy wouldnt lend him to me, said Ron. Said he needed him. Percys been acting very oddly this summer, said George, frowning. And he has been sending a lot of letters and spending a load of time shut up in his room. I mean, theres only so many times you can polish a prefect badge. Youre driving too far west, Fred, he added, pointing at a compass on the dashboard. Fred twiddled the steering wheel. So, does your dad know youve got the car. said Harry, guessing the answer. Er, no, said Ron, he Baldurs gate item codes redeem to work tonight. Hopefully well be able to get it back in the garage without Mum noticing we flew it. What does your dad do at the Ministry of Magic, anyway. He works in the most boring department, said Ron. The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office. The what. Its all to do with bewitching things that are Muggle-made, you know, in case they end up back in a Muggle shop or house. Like, last year, some old witch died and her tea set was sold to an antiques shop. This Muggle woman bought it, took it home, and tried to serve her friends tea in it. It was a nightmare - Dad was working overtime for weeks. What happened. The teapot went berserk and squirted boiling tea all over the place and one man ended up in the hospital with the sugar tongs clamped to his nose. Dad was going frantic - its only him and an old warlock called Perkins in the office - and they had to do Memory Charms and all sorts of stuff to cover it itme - But your dad - this car - Fred laughed. Yeah, Dads crazy about everything to do with Muggles; our sheds full of Muggle stuff. He takes it apart, puts spells on it, and puts it back together again. If he raided our house hed have to put himself under arrest. It drives Mum mad. Thats the Baldurss road, said George, peering down through the windshield. Well be there in ten minutes. Just as well, its getting light. A faint pinkish glow was visible along the horizon to the east. Fred brought the car lower, and Harry saw a dark patchwork of fields and clumps of trees. Were a little way outside the village, said George. Ottery St. Catchpole. Lower and lower went the flying car.
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They can meet you there and take him away while its still dark. Send me an answer as soon as possible. Love, Charlie They looked at one another. Weve got the Invisibility Cloak, said Harry. It shouldnt be too difficult - I think the cloaks big aimbot 2023 legends apex free to cover two of us and Norbert. It was a mark of how bad the last week had been that the other two agreed with him. Anything to get rid of Norbert - and Malfoy. Apex ii controller troubleshooting was a hitch. By the next morning, Rons bitten hand had swollen to twice its usual size. He didnt know whether it was safe to go to Madam Pomfrey - would Apex ii controller troubleshooting recognize a dragon bite. By the afternoon, though, he had no choice. The cut had turned a nasty shade of green. It looked as if Norberts fangs were poisonous. Harry and Hermione rushed up to the hospital wing at the end of the day to find Ron in a terrible state in bed. Its not just my hand, he whispered, although that feels like its about to fall off. Malfoy told Madam Pomfrey he wanted to borrow one of my books so he could come and have a good laugh at me. He kept threatening to tell her what really bit me - Ive told pubg uptodown it was a dog, but I dont think she believes me - I shouldnt have hit him at the Quidditch match, thats why hes doing this. Harry and Hermione tried to calm Ron down. Itll all be over pubg game download for laptop windows 10 gratis midnight on Saturday, said Hermione, but this didnt soothe Ron at all. On the contrary, he sat bolt upright and broke into a sweat. Midnight on Saturday. he said in a hoarse voice. Oh no - oh no - Ive just remembered - Charlies letter was in that book Malfoy took, hes going to know were getting rid https://freewargames.cloud/download/pubg-gameloop-download-quran.php Norbert. Harry and Hermione didnt get a chance to answer. Madam Pomfrey came over at that moment and made them leave, saying Ron needed sleep. Its too late to change the plan now, Harry told Hermione. Go here havent got time to send Charlie another owl, and this could be our only chance to get rid of Norbert. Well have to risk it. And we have got the Invisibility Cloak, Malfoy doesnt know about that. They found Fang the boarhound sitting outside with a bandaged tail when they went to tell Hagrid, who opened a window to talk to them. I wont let you in, he puffed. Norberts at a tricky stage - nothin I cant handle. When they told him about Charlies letter, his eyes filled with tears, although that might have been because Norbert had just bitten him on the leg. Aargh. Its all right, he only got my boot - jus playin- hes only a baby, after all. The baby banged its tail on the wall, making the windows rattle. Harry and Hermione walked back go here the castle feeling Saturday couldnt come quickly enough. They would have felt sorry for Hagrid when the time came for him to say good-bye to Norbert if they hadnt been so worried about what they had to do. It was a very dark, cloudy night, and they were a bit late arriving at Hagrids hut because theyd had to wait for Peeves to get out of their way in the entrance hall, where hed been playing tennis against the wall. Hagrid had Norbert packed and ready in a large crate. Hes got lots o rats an some brandy Apex ii controller troubleshooting the journey, said Hagrid in a muffled voice. An Ive packed his teddy bear in case he gets lonely. From inside the crate came ripping noises that sounded to Harry as though the teddy was having his head torn off. Bye-bye, Norbert.
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