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  〃Lily; take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off 〃
  The sounds of someone stumbling ftom a room  a door bursting open  a cackle of high… pitched laughter 
  〃Harry! Harry。。。 wake up。。。。〃
  Lupin was tapping Harry hard on the face。 This time it was a minute before Harry understood why he was lying on a dusty classroom floor。
  〃I heard my dad;〃 Harry mumbled。 〃That's the first time I've ever heard him  he tried to take on Voldemort himself; to give my mum time to run for it。。。。〃
  Harry suddenly realized that there were tears on his face mingling with the sweat。 He bent his face as low as possible; wiping them off on his robes; pretending to do up his shoelace; so that Lupin wouldn't see。
  〃You heard James?〃 said Lupin in a strange voice。
  〃Yeah。。。〃 Face dry; Harry looked up。 〃Why  you didn't know my dad; did you?〃
  〃I  I did; as a matter of fact;〃 said Lupin。 〃We were friends at Hogwarts。 Listen; Harry  perhaps we should leave it here for tonight。 This charm is ridiculously advanced。。。。 I shouln't have suggested putting you through this。。。。〃
  〃No!〃 said Harry。 He got up again。 〃I'll have one more go! I'm not thinking of happy enough things; that's what it is。。。。 Hang on。。。。〃
  He racked his brains。 A really; really happy memory。。。 one that he could turn into a good; strong Patronus。。。
  The moment when he'd first found out he was a wizard; and would be leaving the Dursleys for Hogwarts! If that wasn't a happy memory; he didn't know what was。。。。 Concentrating very hard on how he had felt when he'd realized he'd be leaving Privet Drive; Harry got to his feet and faced the packing case once more。
  〃Ready?〃 said Lupin; who looked as though he were doing this against his better judgment。 〃Concentrating hard? All right  go!〃
  He pulled off the lid of the case for the third time; and the dementor rose out of it; the room fell cold and dark
  'EXPECTO PATRONUM!〃 Harry bellowed。 〃EXPECTO PATRONUM! EXPECTO PATRONUM! 〃
  The screaming inside Harry's head had started again  except this time; it sounded as though it were ing from a badly tuned radio  softer and louder and softer again  and he could still see the dementor  it had halted  and then a huge; silver shadow came bursting out of the end of Harry's wand; to hover between him and the dementor; and though Harry's legs felt like water; he was still on his feet  though for how much longer; he wasn't sure 
  〃Riddikulus!〃 roared Lupin; springing forward。
  There was a loud crack; and Harry's cloudy Patronus vanished along with the dementor; he sank into a chair; feeling as exhausted as if he'd just run a mile; and felt his legs shaking。 Out of the corner of his eye; he saw Professor Lupin forcing the boggart back into the packing case with his wand; it had turned into a silvery orb again。
  〃Excellent!〃 Lupin said; striding over to where Harry sat。 〃Excellent; Harry! That was definitely a start!〃
  〃Can we have another go? Just one more go?〃
  〃Not now;〃 said Lupin firmly。 〃You've had enough for one night。 Here 〃
  He handed Harry a large bar of Honeydukes' best chocolate。
  〃Eat the lot; or Madam Pomfrey will be after my blood。 Same time next week?〃
  〃Okay;〃 said Harry。 He took a bite of the chocolate and watched Lupin extinguishing the lamps that had rekindled with the disappearance of the dementor。 A thought had just occurred to him。
  〃Professor Lupin?〃 he said。 〃If you knew my dad; you must've known Sirius Black as well。〃
  Lupin turned very quickly。
  〃What gives you that idea?〃 he said sharply。
  〃Nothing  I mean; I just knew they were friends at Hogwarts too。。。。〃
  Lupin's face relaxed。
  〃Yes; I knew him;〃 he said shortly。 〃Or I thought I did。 You'd better be off; Harry; it's getting late。〃
  Harry left the classroom; walking along the corridor and around a corner; then took a detour behind a suit of armor and sank down on its plinth to finish his chocolate; wishing he hadn't mentioned Black; as Lupin was obviously not keen on the subject。 Then Harry's thoughts wandered back to his mother and father。。。
  He felt drained and strangely empty; even though he was so full of chocolate。 Terrible though it was to hear his parents' last moments replayed inside his head; these were the only times Harry had heard their voices since he was a very small child。 But he'd never be able to produce a proper Patronus if he half wanted to hear his parents again。。。。
  〃They're dead;〃 he told himself sternly。 〃They're dead and listening to echoes of them won't bring them back。 You'd better get a grip on yourself if you want that Quidditch Cup。〃
  He stood up; crammed the last bit of chocolate into his mouth; and headed back to Gryffindor Tower。
  Ravenclaw played Slytherin a week after the start of term。 Slytherin won; though narrowly。 According to Wood; this was good news for Gryffindor; who would take second place if they beat Ravenclaw too。 He therefore increased the number of team practices to five a leek。 This meant that with Lupin's anti…dementor classes; which in themselves were more draining than six Quidditch practices; Harry had just one night a week to do all his homework。 Even so; he was showing the strain nearly as much as Hermione; whose immense workload finally seemed to be getting to her。 Every night; without fail; Hermione was to be seen in a corner of the mon room; several tables spread with books; Arithmancy charts; rune dictionaries; diagrams of Muggles lifting heavy objects; and file upon file of extensive notes; she barely spoke to anybody and snapped when she was interrupted。
  〃How's she doing it?〃 Ron muttered to Harry one evening as Harry sat finishing a nasty essay on Undetectable Poisons for Snape。 Harry looked up。 Hermione was barely visible behind a tottering pile of books。
  〃Doing what?〃
  〃Getting to all her classes!〃 Ron said。 〃I heard her talking to Professor Vector; that Arithmancy witch; this morning。 They were going on about yesterday's lesson; but Hermione can't 've been there; because she was with us in Care of Magical Creatures! And Ernie McMillan told me she's never missed a Muggle Studies class; but half of them are at the same time as Divination; and she's never missed one of them either!〃
  Harry didn't have time to fathom the mystery of Hermione's impossible schedule at the moment; he really needed to get on with Snape's essay。 Two seconds later; however; he was interrupted again; this time by Wood。
  〃Bad news; Harry。 I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt。 She  er  got a bit shirty with me。 Told m' I'd got my priorities wrong。 Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about you staying alive。 Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off; as long as you caught the Snitch first。〃 Wood shook his head in disbelief。 〃Honestly; the way she was yelling at me。。。 you'd think I'd said something terrible。。。 then I asked her how much longer she was going to keep it。 He screwed up his face and imitated Professor McGonagall's severe voice。 'As long as necessary; Wood'。。。 I reckon it's time you ordered a new broom; Harry。 There's an order form at the back of Which Broomstick。。。 you could get a Nimbus Two Thousand and One; like Malfoy's got。〃
  〃I'm not buying anything Malfoy thinks is good;〃 said Harry flatly。
  January faded imperceptibly into February; with no change in the bitterly cold weather。 The match against Ravenclaw was drawing nearer and nearer; but Harry still hadn't ordered a new broom。 He was now asking Professor McGonagall for news of the Firebolt after every Transfiguration lesson; Ron standing hopefully at his shoulder; Hermione rushing past with her face averted。
  〃No; Potter; you can't have it back yet;〃 Professor McGonagall told him the twelfth time this happened; before he'd even opened his mouth。 〃We've checked for most of the usual curses; but Professor Flitwick believes the broom might be carrying a Hurling Hex。 I shall tell you once we've finished checking it。 Now; please stop badgering me。〃
  To make matters even worse; Harry's anti…dementor lessons were not going nearly as well as he had hoped。 Several sessions on; he was able to produce an indistinct; silvery shadow every time the boggart…dementor approached him; but his Patronus was too feeble to drive the dementor away。 All it did was hover; like a semitransparent cloud; draining Harry of energy as he fought to keep it there。 Harry felt angry with himself; guilty about his secret desire to hear his parents' voices again。
  〃You're expecting too much of yourself;〃 said Professor Lupin; sternly in their fourth week of practice。 〃For a thirteen…year…old wizard; even an indistinct Patronus is a huge achievement。 You aren't passing out anymore; are you?〃
  I thought a Patronus would  charge the dementors down or something;〃 said Harry dispiritedly。 〃Make them disappear 〃
  〃The true Patronus does do that;〃 said Lupin。 〃But you've achieved a great deal in a very short space of time。 If the dementors put in an appearance at your next Quidditch match; You will be able to keep them at bay long enough to get back to the ground。〃
  〃You said it's harder if there are loads of them;〃 s

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