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   'What?' whispered Hermione more urgently behind him。
   'Can this be?' said Malfoy; sounding maliciously delighted; some of the Death Eaters were laughing again; and under cover of their laughter; Harry hissed to Hermione; moving his lips as little as possible; 'Smash shelves …'
   
   'Dumbledore never told you?' Malfoy repeated。 'Well; this explains why you didn't e earlier; Potter; the Dark Lord wondered why …'
   
   '… when I say now …'
   
   '… you didn't e running when he showed you the place where it was hidden in your dreams。 He thought natural curiosity would make you want to hear the exact wording:'
   
   'Did he?' said Harry。 Behind him he felt rather than heard Hermione passing his message to the others and he sought to keep talking; to distract the Death Eaters。 'So he wanted me to e and get it; did he? Why?'
   
   'Why?' Malfoy sounded incredulously delighted。 'Because the only people who are permitted to retrieve a prophecy from the Department of Mysteries; Potter; are those about whom it was made; as the Dark Lord discovered when he attempted to use others to steal it for him。'
   
   'And why did he want to steal a prophecy about me?'
   
   'About both of you; Potter; about both of you: haven't you ever wondered why the Dark Lord tried to kill you as a baby?'
   
   Harry stared into the slitted eye…holes through which Malfoy's grey eyes were gleaming。 Was this prophecy the reason Harry's parents had died; the reason he carried his lightning…bolt scar? Was the answer to all of this clutched in his hand?
   
   'Someone made a prophecy about Voldemort and me?' he said quietly; gazing at Lucius Malfoy; his fingers tightening over the warm glass sphere in his hand。 It was hardly larger than a Snitch and still gritty with dust。 'And he's made me e and get it for him? Why couldn't he e and get it himself?'
   
   'Get it himself?' shrieked Bellatrix; over a cackle of mad laughter。
   The Dark Lord; walk into the Ministry of Magic; when they are so sweetly ignoring his return? The Dark Lord; reveal himself to the Aurors; when at the moment they are wasting their time on my dear cousin?'
   
   'So; he's got you doing his dirty work for him; has he?' said Harry。 'Like he tried to get Sturgis to steal it … and Bode?'
   
   'Very good; Potter; very good:' said Malfoy slowly。 'But the Dark Lord knows you are not unintell…'
   
   'NOW!' yelled Harry。
   Five different voices behind him bellowed; 'REDUCTO!' Five curses flew in five different directions and the shelves opposite them exploded as they hit; the towering structure swayed as a hundred glass spheres burst apart; pearly…white figures unfurled into the air and floated there; their voices echoing from who knew what long…dead past amid the torrent of crashing glass and splintered wood now raining down upon the floor …
   
   'RUN!' Harry yelled; as the shelves swayed precariously and more glass spheres began to fall from above。 He seized a handful of Hermione's robes and dragged her forwards; holding one arm over his head as chunks of shelf and shards of glass thundered down upon them。 A Death Eater lunged forwards through the cloud of dust and Harry elbowed him hard in the masked face; they were all yelling; there were cries of pain; and thunderous crashes as the。 shelves collapsed upon themselves; weirdly echoing fragments of the Seers unleashed from their spheres …
   
   Harry found the way ahead clear and saw Ron; Ginny and Luna sprint past him; their arms over their heads; something 。 heavy struck him on the side of the face but he merely ducked his head and sprinted onwards; a hand caught him by the shoulder; he heard Hermione shout; 'Stupefy!' The hand released him at once …
   
   They were at the end of row ninety…seven; Harry turned right and began to sprint in earnest; he could hear footsteps right behind him and Hermione's voice urging Neville on; straight ahead; the door through which they had e was ajar; Harry could see the glittering light of the bell jar; he pelted through the doorway; the prophecy still clutched tight and safe in his hand; and waited for the others to hurtle over the threshold before slamming the door behind them …
   
   'Colloportus!' gasped Hermione and the door sealed itself with an odd squelching noise。
   'Where … where are the others?' gasped Harry。
   He had thought Ron; Luna and Ginny were ahead of them; that they would be waiting in this room; but there was nobody there。
   They must have gone the wrong way!' whispered Hermione; terror in her face。
   'Listen!' whispered Neville。
   Footsteps and shouts echoed from behind the door they had just sealed; Harry put his ear close to the door to listen and heard Lucius Malfoy roar; 'Leave Nott; leave him; I say … his injuries will be nothing to the Dark Lord pared to losing that prophecy。 Jugson; e back here; we need to organise! We'll split into pairs and search; and don't forget; be gentle with Potter until we've got the prophecy; you can kill the others if necessary …Bellatrix; Rodolphus; you take the left; Crabbe; Rabastan; go right …Jugson; Dolohov; the door straight ahead … Macnair and Avery; through here … Rookwood; over there … Mulciber; e with me!'
   
   'What do we do?' Hermione asked Harry; trembling from head to foot。
   'Well; we don't stand here waiting for them to find us; for a 't't start;' said Harry。 'Let's get away from this door。' | They ran as quietly as they could; past the shimmering bell jar j where the tiny egg was hatching and unhatching; towards the exit I into the circular hallway at the far end of the room。 They were I almost there when Harry heard something large and heavy collide with the door Hermione had charmed shut。
   'Stand aside!' said a rough voice。 'Alahomora!'
   
   As the door flew open; Harry; Hermione and Neville dived under desks。 They could see the bottom of the two Death Eaters' robes drawing nearer; their feet moving rapidly。
   They might've run straight through to the hall;' said the rough voice。
   'Check under the desks;' said another。
   Harry saw the knees of the Death Eaters bend; poking his wand out from under the desk; he shouted; 'STUPEFY!'
   
   A jet of red light hit the nearest Death Eater; he fell backwards into a grandfather clock and knocked it over; the second Death Eater; however; had leapt aside to avoid Harry's spell and was pointing his own wand at Hermione; who was crawling out from under the desk to get a better aim。
   'Avada …
   
   Harry launched himself across the floor and grabbed the Death Eater around the knees; causing him to topple and his aim to go awry。 Neville overturned a desk in his anxiety to help; and pointing his wand wildly at the struggling pair; he cried:
   
   'EXPELLIARMUS!'
   
   Both Harry's and the Death Eater's wands flew out of their hands and soared back towards the entrance to the Hall of Prophecy; both scrambled to their feet and charged after them; the Death Eater in front; Harry hot on his heels; and Neville bringing up the rear; plainly horrorstruck by what he had done。
   'Get out of the way; Harry!' yelled Neville; clearly determined to repair the damage。
   Harry flung himself sideways as Neville took aim again and shouted:
   
   'STUPEFY!'
   
   The jet of red light flew right over the Death Eater's shoulder and hit a glass…fronted cabinet on the wall full of variously shaped hour…glasses; the cabinet fell to the floor and burst apart; glass flying everywhere; sprang back up on to the wall; fully mended; then fell down again; and shattered …
   
   The Death Eater had snatched up his wand; which lay on the floor beside the glittering bell jar。 Harry ducked down behind another desk as the man turned; his mask had slipped so that he couldn't see。 He ripped it off with his free hand and shouted: 'STUP…'
   
   'STUPEFY!' screamed Hermione; who had just caught up with them。 The jet of red light hit the Death Eater in the middle of his chest: he froze; his arm still raised; his wand fell to the floor with a clatter and he collapsed backwards towards the bell jar。 Harry expected to hear a dunk; for the man to hit solid glass and slide off the jar on to the floor; but instead; his head sank through the surface of the bell jar as though it were nothing but a soap bubble and he came to rest; sprawled on his back on the table; with his head lying inside the jar full of glittering wind。
   'Accio wand!' cried Hermione。 Harry's wand flew from a dark corner into her hand and she threw it to him。
   Thanks;' he said。 'Right; let's get out of …'
   
   'Look out!' said Neville; horrified。 He was staring at the Death Eater's head in the bell jar。
   All three of them raised their wands again; but none of them struck: they were all gazing; open…mouthed; appalled; at what was happening to the man's head。
   It was shrinking very fast; growing balder and balder; the black hair and stubble retracting into his skull; his cheeks being smooth; his skull round and covered with a peachlike fuzz:
   
   A baby's head now sat grotesquely on top of the thick; muscled neck of the Death Eater as he struggled to get up again; but even as they watched; their mouths open; the head began to swell to its previous prop

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