You’d be stiff if you’d been sitting on a brick wall all day,” said Professor McGonagall.
Harry got a shock the first time he looked in the mirror over the kitchen mantelpiece and it shouted, ‘Tuck your shirt in, scruffy!’ The ghoul in the attic howled and dropped pipes whenever he felt things were getting too quiet, and small explosions from Fred and George’s bedroom were considered perfectly normal.
At the age of one year old, Harry had somehow survived a curse from the greatest Dark sorcerer of all time, Lord Voldemort, whose name most witches and wizards still feared to speak. Harry’s parents had died in Voldemort’s attack, but Harry had escaped with his lightning scar, and somehow – nobody understood why – Voldemort’s powers had been destroyed the instant he had failed to kill Harry.
He looked closely at the owl for a moment, then, to Harry and Hermione’s great surprise, he held him out for Crookshanks to sniff. ‘What d’you reckon?’ Ron asked the cat. ‘Definitely an owl?’ Crookshanks purred. “That’s good enough for me,” said Ron happily. “He’s mine.
And the ground and the dirty buildings on either side fell away, dropping out of sight as the car rose; in seconds, the whole of London lay, smoky and glittering, below them.
Don’t let it worry you,” said Ron. “It’s me. I’m extremely famous.
Oh,’ said Mr Crouch, looking over at Percy in mild surprise. ‘Yes – thank you, Weatherby.’ Fred and George choked into their own cups. Percy, very pink around the ears, busied himself with the kettle.
Lo, Fawkes,’ said Harry quietly. He stroked the phoenix’s beautiful scarlet and gold plumage. Fawkes blinked peacefully up at him. There was something comforting about his warm weight.
S-P-E-W!” said Hermione hotly. “I was going to put Stop the Outrageous Abuse of Our Fellow Magical Creatures and Campaign for a Change in Their Legal Status – but it wouldn’t fit. So that’s the heading of our manifesto.
They can carry immensely heavy loads, their tears have healing powers, and they make highly faithful pets.
Oh yes,” said Luna, “I’ve been able to see them ever since my first day here. They’ve always pulled the carriages. Don’t worry. You’re just as sane as I am.
Voldemort put a bit of himself in me?” Harry said, thunderstruck.
The death of Dougal McGregor, however, although traumatic, seemed to free Minerva. Shortly after Voldemort’s first defeat, Elphinstone, now white-haired, proposed again during a summertime stroll around the lake in the Hogwarts grounds. This time Minerva accepted.
I don’t like people who attack when their opponent’s back’s turned.
Quidditch Through the Ages Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
It’s so cruel that I got to spend so much time with James and Lily, and you so little. But know this; the ones that love us never really leave us.
Er – I don’ want ter be rude,” said Hagrid, staring at her, “but who the ruddy hell are you?
She seemed to see a flash of bright sunlight on dark green water, fragmented into brilliant shards by the splashing rise and fall of oars.
The Malfoys. The family you can always rely on to make the world a murkier place.
Because if its just you alone, you’re not much of a threat.