| said Aberforth, and his eyes were briefly occluded by the fireflight on
the lenses of his glasses: They turned white and blind again"Grindelwald didn't like that at allHe told me what a
stupid little boy I was, trying to stand in the way of him and my brilliant brother Didn't I \iunderstand\i, my poor sister wouldn't
\ihave\i to be hidden once they'd changed the world, and led the wizards out of hiding, and taught the Muggles their place?
"And there was an argument and I pulled my wand, and he pulled out his, and I had the Cruciatus Curse used on
me by my brother's best friend - and Albus was trying to stop him, and then all three of us were dueling, and the flashing lights
and the bangs set her off, she couldn't stand it - "
The color was draining from Aberforth's face as though he had suffered a mortal wound
" - and I think she wanted to help, but she didn't really know what she was doing, and I don't know which of us did it,
it could have louis vuitton replica china been any of us - and she was dead
His voice broke on the last word and he dropped down into the nearest chairHermione's face was wet with tears, and Ron
was almost as pale as AberforthHarry felt nothing but revulsion: He wished he had not heard it, wished he could wash is mind clean of itI'm so sorry," Hermione whispered
"Gone," croaked Aberforth
He wiped his nose on hiss cuff and cleared his throat
" 'Course, Grindelwald scarperedHe had a bit of a track record already, back in his own country, and he didn't want Ariana
set to his account tooAnd Albus was free, wasn't he? Free of the burden of his sister, free to become the greatest wizard of the - "
"He was never free," said Harry
"I beg your pardon?" said Aberforth"The night that your brother died, he drank a potion that drove him out of his mindHe started screaming,
pleading with someone who wasn't there'Don't hurt them, please ' "
Ron and Hermione were staring at HarryHe had never gone into louis vuitton galliera pm bag details about what had happened on the island on the lake:
The events that had taken place after he and Dumbledore had returned to Hogwarts had eclipsed it so thoroughly
"He thought he was back there with you and Grindelwald, I know he did," said Harry, remembering Dumbledore whispering, pleading
"He thought he was watching Grindelwald hurting you and Ariana It was torture to him, if you'd seen him then, you wouldn't say he was free
Aberforth seemed lost in contemplation of his own knotted and veined handsAfter a long pause he said"How can you be sure, Potter,
that my brother wasn't more interested in the greater good than in you? How can you be sure you aren't dispensable, just like my little sister?"
A shard of ice seemed to pierce Harry's heart
"I don't believe itDumbledore loved Harry," said Hermione
"Why didn't he tell him to hide, then? shot back Aberforth"Why didn't he say to him, 'Take care of yourself, here's how to survive' ?"
"Because," black balenciaga bag said Harry before Hermione could answer, "sometimes you've \igot\i to think about more than your own safety! Sometimes
you've \igot\i to think about the greater good! This is war!"
"You're seventeen, boy!"
"I'm of age, and I'm going to keep fighting even if you've given up!"
"Who says I've given up?"
"The Order of the Phoenix is finished," Harry repeated, "You-Know-Who's won, it's over, and anyone who's pretending different's kidding
themselves
"I don't say I like it, but it's the truth!"
"No, it isn't"Your brother knew how to finish You-Know-Who and he passed the knowledge on to meI'm going to keep going
until I succeed - or I dieDon't think I don't know how this might endI've known it for years
He waited for Aberforth to jeer or to argue, but he did not
"We need to get into Hogwarts," said Harry again"If you can't help us, we'll wait till daybreak, leave you in peace, and try to find a way
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Aberforth remained fixed in his chair, gazing at Harry with the eye, that were so extraordinarily like his brother'sAt last he cleared his
throat, got to his feet, walked around the little table, and approached the portrait of Ariana
"You know what to do," he said
She smiled, turned, and walked away, not as people in portraits usually did, one of the sides of their frames, but along what seemed to
be a long tunnel painted behind herThey watched her slight figure retreating until finally she was swallowed by the darkness
"Er - what - ?" began Ron
"There's only one way in now," said Aberforth"You must know they've got all the old secret passageways covered at both ends, dementors
all around the boundary walls, regular patrols inside the school from what my sources tell meThe place has never been so heavily guarded
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