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  1.  
  2. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3. CHAPTER 1 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/1
  4. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  5.  
  6. no
  7.  
  8. one
  9.  
  10. not
  11.  
  12. Beneath the moonlight glints a tiny fragment of silver, a
  13. fraction of a line...
  14.  
  15. (black robes, falling)
  16.  
  17. ...blood spills out in litres, and someone screams a
  18. word.
  19.  
  20. Mr. H.
  21. Potter
  22.  
  23. begged
  24.  
  25. always
  26.  
  27. magic,
  28.  
  29. begged
  30.  
  31. what kind of parent names their child Dudley
  32. Dursley?
  33.  
  34. nice
  35.  
  36. know
  37.  
  38. Dad! Mum!
  39.  
  40. your
  41.  
  42. they
  43.  
  44. magic?
  45.  
  46. you'd
  47.  
  48. seriously?
  49.  
  50. Hopeless.
  51.  
  52. those
  53.  
  54. should
  55.  
  56. Don't believe
  57. everything you think,
  58.  
  59. expecting
  60.  
  61. Where do you come from, strange little prediction?
  62.  
  63. Why do I believe what
  64. I believe?
  65.  
  66. clue
  67.  
  68. Dear Deputy Headmistress
  69.  
  70. Dear Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall,
  71.  
  72. Or Whomsoever It May Concern:
  73.  
  74. I recently received your letter of acceptance to Hogwarts,
  75. addressed to Mr. H. Potter. You may not be aware that my genetic
  76. parents, James Potter and Lily Potter (formerly Lily Evans) are
  77. dead. I was adopted by Lily's sister, Petunia Evans-Verres, and her
  78. husband, Michael Verres-Evans.
  79.  
  80. I am extremely interested in attending Hogwarts, conditional
  81. on such a place actually existing. Only my mother Petunia says she
  82. knows about magic, and she can't use it herself. My father is
  83. highly sceptical. I myself am uncertain. I also don't know where to
  84. obtain any of the books or equipment listed in your acceptance
  85. letter.
  86.  
  87. Mother mentioned that you sent a Hogwarts representative to
  88. Lily Potter (then Lily Evans) in order to demonstrate to her family
  89. that magic was real, and, I presume, help Lily obtain her school
  90. materials. If you could do this for my own family it would be
  91. extremely helpful.
  92.  
  93. Sincerely,
  94.  
  95. Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres.
  96.  
  97. not arguing
  98.  
  99. oh, so there's no
  100. way to test your theory then,
  101.  
  102. Of
  103. course,
  104.  
  105. test
  106.  
  107. watch
  108.  
  109. associating
  110.  
  111. did
  112.  
  113. But - well - that can't
  114.  
  115. happen, can it? No
  116. matter what my brain seems to believe. If an owl really comes down
  117. and grabs this envelope, I'm going to have worries a lot more
  118. important than what Dad thinks.
  119.  
  120. Letter for Hogwarts!
  121.  
  122. No. I'm better than Dad. I will use the scientific method
  123. even if it makes me feel stupid.
  124.  
  125. Letter for Hogwarts! Can I get an owl?
  126.  
  127. .
  128.  
  129. have
  130.  
  131. what
  132.  
  133.  
  134. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  135. CHAPTER 2 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/2
  136. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  137.  
  138. "Of course it was my fault. There's no one else here who
  139. could be responsible for anything."
  140.  
  141. now
  142.  
  143. Sufficient?
  144.  
  145. help.
  146.  
  147. Wingardium
  148. Leviosa
  149.  
  150. already
  151.  
  152. that look
  153.  
  154. All right, I saw the Hogwarts
  155. Professor wave her wand and make your father rise into the air, now
  156. what?
  157.  
  158. shouldn't
  159.  
  160. can
  161.  
  162. thwack.
  163.  
  164. "You can't DO that!"
  165.  
  166. SMALL
  167.  
  168. COMPLICATED!
  169.  
  170. neurology?
  171.  
  172. thinking
  173.  
  174. isn't enough
  175.  
  176. that.
  177.  
  178. physics
  179.  
  180. not to
  181. mention
  182.  
  183. was
  184.  
  185. Wingardium Leviosa?
  186.  
  187. that.
  188.  
  189. hmmmmm.
  190.  
  191. other
  192.  
  193. that
  194.  
  195. She didn't know what a logarithm was!
  196.  
  197. seven years old!
  198.  
  199. one
  200.  
  201. Mum! Dad!
  202.  
  203.  
  204. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  205. CHAPTER 3 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/3
  206. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  207.  
  208. "But then the question is - who?"
  209.  
  210. that
  211.  
  212. not
  213.  
  214. who?
  215.  
  216. was...
  217.  
  218. much
  219.  
  220. genetic
  221.  
  222. have
  223.  
  224. genetic
  225.  
  226. Protecting me?
  227.  
  228. did
  229.  
  230. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
  231.  
  232. wish
  233.  
  234. Bigbam's Brilliant Books
  235.  
  236. genetic
  237.  
  238. genetic
  239.  
  240. great
  241.  
  242. The bystander effect,
  243.  
  244. Diffusion of responsibility,
  245. everyone hoping that someone else would go first.
  246.  
  247. were
  248.  
  249. I didn't know those people, not really,
  250. they aren't my parents
  251.  
  252. it would be pointless to feel
  253. so sad for them -
  254.  
  255. Gringotts Bank.
  256.  
  257.  
  258. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  259. CHAPTER 4 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/4
  260. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  261.  
  262. World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call
  263. it world optimisation.
  264.  
  265. where
  266.  
  267. For now, at any
  268. rate.
  269.  
  270. So not only is the wizarding economy almost completely
  271. decoupled from the Muggle economy, no one here has ever heard of
  272. arbitrage.
  273.  
  274. smaller
  275.  
  276. literally
  277.  
  278. But the sad thing is, their way is probably better.
  279.  
  280. what?
  281.  
  282. Still, that's the last time I ever mow a lawn for one lousy
  283. pound.
  284.  
  285. usual
  286.  
  287. a
  288. very tiny fraction of it! Don't panic, Professor
  289. McGonagall!
  290.  
  291. reasonable
  292.  
  293. all about
  294.  
  295. did
  296.  
  297. sensible,
  298. grown-up
  299.  
  300. very
  301.  
  302. can
  303.  
  304. would
  305.  
  306. lots
  307.  
  308. keep
  309.  
  310. much earlier
  311.  
  312. frantically
  313.  
  314. Mr. Potter!
  315.  
  316. bribe
  317.  
  318. No!
  319.  
  320. I
  321.  
  322. books,
  323.  
  324. know
  325.  
  326. books!
  327.  
  328. Don't push it, Mr. Potter.
  329.  
  330. happy
  331.  
  332. You,
  333.  
  334.  
  335. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  336. CHAPTER 5 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/5
  337. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  338.  
  339. "It would've required a <em>supernatural intervention
  340.  
  341. your
  342.  
  343. his
  344.  
  345. insisted
  346.  
  347. had
  348.  
  349. other
  350.  
  351. left
  352.  
  353. right
  354.  
  355. left
  356.  
  357. right
  358.  
  359. did
  360.  
  361. really
  362.  
  363. really
  364.  
  365. Was
  366.  
  367. he
  368.  
  369. personality alone
  370.  
  371. She
  372.  
  373. you
  374.  
  375. fundamental attribution error
  376.  
  377. Anyone
  378.  
  379. know
  380.  
  381. suppose
  382.  
  383. me,
  384.  
  385. me,
  386.  
  387. bad explanation
  388.  
  389. you
  390.  
  391. have
  392.  
  393. he
  394.  
  395. composed
  396.  
  397. are
  398.  
  399. does
  400.  
  401. there,
  402.  
  403. You
  404.  
  405. nothing
  406. else
  407.  
  408. shortly
  409.  
  410. expect
  411.  
  412. awesomecool
  413.  
  414. is
  415.  
  416. I
  417.  
  418. did
  419.  
  420. you
  421.  
  422. Oh, I am so totally trying this routine on the next person
  423. who wants to shake my hand.
  424.  
  425. that
  426.  
  427. hoping
  428.  
  429. Oh come on!
  430.  
  431. not
  432.  
  433. clothes
  434.  
  435. Muggles?
  436.  
  437. What?
  438.  
  439. are
  440.  
  441. Harry Potter?
  442.  
  443. The
  444.  
  445. The
  446.  
  447. up
  448.  
  449. up
  450.  
  451. up.
  452.  
  453. delighted
  454.  
  455. what
  456.  
  457. saying?
  458.  
  459. The
  460.  
  461. all
  462.  
  463. What are you saying, Mr. Potter?
  464.  
  465. What?
  466.  
  467. Draco Malfoy said in front of his father that he wanted to
  468. be sorted into Gryffindor!
  469.  
  470. isn't enough
  471.  
  472. do
  473.  
  474. please cast a Confundus Charm on the entire
  475. universe!
  476.  
  477. contagious,
  478.  
  479. both
  480.  
  481.  
  482. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  483. CHAPTER 6 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/6
  484. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  485.  
  486. not
  487.  
  488. You think your day was surreal? Try mine.
  489.  
  490. Some
  491.  
  492. after
  493.  
  494. wands
  495.  
  496. okane,
  497.  
  498. Ahava
  499.  
  500. zahav,
  501.  
  502. ahava.
  503.  
  504. zahav.
  505.  
  506. Aaaaaaarrrgh this doesn't make any sense!
  507.  
  508. count
  509.  
  510. add?
  511.  
  512. I
  513.  
  514. their
  515.  
  516. my
  517.  
  518. sorta
  519.  
  520. mean
  521.  
  522. pouch
  523.  
  524. what
  525.  
  526. on?
  527.  
  528. word!
  529.  
  530. is
  531.  
  532. no!
  533.  
  534. No. Chin up. You're just
  535.  
  536. on the problem of
  537. unravelling all the secrets of magic. You don't actually
  538.  
  539. whether it's going to be too difficult to do in two
  540. months.
  541.  
  542. really
  543.  
  544. obvious
  545.  
  546. after
  547.  
  548. human four-year-old
  549.  
  550. do
  551.  
  552. Ten?
  553.  
  554. some
  555.  
  556. all day
  557.  
  558. never
  559.  
  560. completely
  561.  
  562. puberty
  563.  
  564. never
  565.  
  566. anything
  567.  
  568. known
  569.  
  570. creatively
  571.  
  572. heard
  573.  
  574. curious
  575.  
  576. Or
  577.  
  578. did
  579.  
  580. You're mine now,
  581.  
  582. I, Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres, do now claim this territory
  583. in the name of Science.
  584.  
  585. suspicious
  586.  
  587. why
  588.  
  589. need
  590.  
  591. expect
  592.  
  593. what?
  594.  
  595. planning
  596.  
  597. that's
  598.  
  599. Back to the Future
  600.  
  601. going
  602.  
  603. only
  604.  
  605. what sort of crazy children are you used to dealing
  606. with
  607.  
  608. was
  609.  
  610. at all.
  611.  
  612. like
  613.  
  614. scary.
  615.  
  616. prudent
  617.  
  618. cautious
  619.  
  620. unforeseen
  621. contingencies
  622.  
  623. Be
  624. prepared! That's the Boy Scout's marching song! Be prepared! As
  625. through life you march along! Don't be nervous, don't be flustered,
  626. don't be scared - be prepared!
  627.  
  628. particular
  629.  
  630. contingency
  631.  
  632. young man?
  633.  
  634. 'Why weren't you prepared?'
  635.  
  636. What...?
  637.  
  638. "Quietus
  639.  
  640. What did I do wrong...
  641.  
  642. sorry!
  643.  
  644. make it didn't happen
  645. -
  646.  
  647. that
  648.  
  649. say
  650.  
  651. think
  652.  
  653. why?"
  654.  
  655. do!
  656.  
  657. Nowhere
  658.  
  659. What
  660.  
  661. is!
  662.  
  663. could
  664.  
  665. normal
  666.  
  667. better
  668.  
  669. really hard
  670.  
  671. so
  672.  
  673. undershooting
  674.  
  675. you personally
  676.  
  677. make
  678.  
  679. else
  680.  
  681. sound
  682.  
  683. knew
  684.  
  685. knew
  686.  
  687. wouldn't listen
  688.  
  689. begged
  690.  
  691. laughed it
  692. off
  693.  
  694. All
  695.  
  696. no
  697.  
  698. Exactly
  699.  
  700. will not
  701.  
  702. too
  703.  
  704. Della!
  705.  
  706. had
  707.  
  708. think
  709.  
  710. rent
  711.  
  712. no.
  713.  
  714. could,
  715.  
  716. Quietus.
  717.  
  718. not
  719.  
  720. never
  721.  
  722. not
  723.  
  724. don't
  725. like the trend of your thoughts, Professor McGonagall!
  726.  
  727. abused?
  728.  
  729. No!
  730.  
  731. stupid?
  732.  
  733. know
  734.  
  735. know
  736.  
  737. never
  738.  
  739. ever!
  740.  
  741. dare
  742.  
  743. dare
  744.  
  745. insinuations
  746.  
  747. No one
  748.  
  749. system
  750.  
  751. stop
  752.  
  753. or
  754.  
  755. Don't you dare
  756. threaten my family with that! I won't let you destroy my
  757. home!
  758.  
  759. Do you,
  760.  
  761. had
  762.  
  763. all
  764.  
  765. very
  766.  
  767. do
  768.  
  769. pseudoscience!
  770.  
  771. not
  772.  
  773. too
  774.  
  775. That
  776.  
  777. not
  778.  
  779. nothing
  780.  
  781. human
  782.  
  783. trying,
  784.  
  785. isolated
  786.  
  787. won't listen
  788.  
  789. honest
  790.  
  791. That's all?
  792.  
  793. considering?
  794.  
  795. I can do magic.
  796.  
  797. Me. As in, me personally. I am magical; I am a
  798. wizard.
  799.  
  800. felt
  801.  
  802. "It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for
  803. this wand when its brother why, its brother gave you that
  804. scar."
  805.  
  806. possibly
  807.  
  808. thousands
  809.  
  810. could
  811.  
  812. more
  813.  
  814. how peculiar
  815.  
  816. uncuriosity
  817.  
  818. imaginable
  819.  
  820. trying
  821.  
  822. exactly...
  823.  
  824. ahemmed
  825.  
  826. odd.
  827.  
  828. done.
  829.  
  830. Gosh,
  831. Harry, what have you done since you defeated the Dark Lord? Your
  832. own bookshop? That's great! Say, did you know I named my child
  833. after you?
  834.  
  835. some
  836.  
  837. participated
  838.  
  839. he
  840.  
  841. no one
  842.  
  843. ever
  844.  
  845. really
  846.  
  847. joking
  848.  
  849. very
  850.  
  851. Aw crap.
  852.  
  853. naturally
  854.  
  855. Aw crap.
  856.  
  857. not
  858.  
  859. course
  860.  
  861. act
  862.  
  863. optimism
  864.  
  865. dreamed
  866.  
  867. must
  868.  
  869. senses
  870.  
  871. imagine
  872.  
  873. thinking.
  874.  
  875. someone
  876.  
  877. crisp
  878.  
  879. dead.
  880.  
  881. Clearly
  882.  
  883. pessimism.
  884.  
  885. got
  886.  
  887. actually
  888.  
  889. that?
  890.  
  891. not
  892.  
  893. eleven years old
  894.  
  895. forgot
  896.  
  897. secret,
  898.  
  899. catastrophe
  900.  
  901. anyone,
  902.  
  903. sufficiently
  904.  
  905. Point out that you have a right to know: Failure.
  906. Eleven-year-old children do not have rights to know anything, in
  907. McGonagall's eyes.
  908.  
  909. Say that you will not be friends any more: Failure. She does
  910. not value your friendship sufficiently.
  911.  
  912. Point out that you will be in danger if you do not know:
  913. Failure. Plans have already been made based on your ignorance.
  914. The
  915.  
  916. inconvenience of rethinking will seem far more
  917. unpalatable than the mere
  918.  
  919. prospect of your
  920. coming to harm.
  921.  
  922. Justice and reason will both fail. You must either find
  923. something you have that she wants, or find something you can do
  924. which she fears...
  925.  
  926. whole
  927.  
  928. How dare you!
  929.  
  930. blackmail
  931.  
  932. offering
  933.  
  934. favor.
  935.  
  936. giving
  937.  
  938. your
  939.  
  940. every
  941.  
  942. have to know!
  943.  
  944. child
  945.  
  946. Look at it from my perspective! How would you feel if it was
  947. YOU?
  948.  
  949. offer
  950.  
  951. remember
  952.  
  953. invented
  954.  
  955. well, just in case...
  956.  
  957. before
  958.  
  959. scientifically
  960. illiterate
  961.  
  962. stupid.
  963.  
  964. hadn't
  965.  
  966. thought
  967.  
  968. future consequences
  969.  
  970. <br />
  971.  
  972. She didn't listen to me,
  973.  
  974. I would have taken more gold but she didn't want to
  975. listen...
  976.  
  977. little
  978.  
  979. two hundred
  980.  
  981. try
  982.  
  983. angry.
  984.  
  985. really
  986.  
  987. important
  988.  
  989. role
  990.  
  991. without
  992.  
  993. What?
  994.  
  995. didn't
  996.  
  997. Where
  998.  
  999. How?
  1000.  
  1001. ought
  1002.  
  1003. must
  1004.  
  1005. all
  1006.  
  1007. must
  1008.  
  1009. all
  1010.  
  1011. something
  1012.  
  1013. anyone
  1014.  
  1015. awfully
  1016.  
  1017. she
  1018.  
  1019. You
  1020. think your day
  1021.  
  1022. was surreal? Try mine.
  1023.  
  1024. you
  1025.  
  1026. Now what would be a good name for that...?
  1027. The Death Eater Eaters?
  1028.  
  1029. use
  1030.  
  1031. Aftermath:
  1032.  
  1033.  
  1034. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1035. CHAPTER 7 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/7
  1036. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1037.  
  1038. and then some
  1039.  
  1040. all
  1041.  
  1042. "Your dad is almost as awesome as my dad."
  1043.  
  1044. months
  1045.  
  1046. months.
  1047.  
  1048. way
  1049.  
  1050. It's like she's afraid she'll never see me again,
  1051.  
  1052. not
  1053.  
  1054. thirty
  1055.  
  1056. hadn't,
  1057.  
  1058. Handbook of Chemistry and
  1059. Physics
  1060.  
  1061. Encyclopaedia
  1062. Britannica.
  1063.  
  1064. at least
  1065.  
  1066. Do you think I bought you
  1067. enough books?
  1068.  
  1069. certainly
  1070.  
  1071. really
  1072.  
  1073. you
  1074.  
  1075. come
  1076. on, mage-sight, come on, mage-sight
  1077.  
  1078. Dad!
  1079.  
  1080. tried
  1081.  
  1082. Harry!
  1083.  
  1084. What did you do?
  1085.  
  1086. Harry!
  1087.  
  1088. I can't talk about that for reasons of National
  1089. Security,
  1090.  
  1091. Harry!
  1092.  
  1093. Harry Potter?
  1094.  
  1095. come on!
  1096.  
  1097. do
  1098.  
  1099. HARRY!
  1100.  
  1101. Dad!
  1102.  
  1103. WHAT?
  1104.  
  1105. WHAT?
  1106.  
  1107. right now
  1108.  
  1109. George!
  1110.  
  1111. unless he believed in
  1112. it?
  1113.  
  1114. believed
  1115.  
  1116. was
  1117.  
  1118. Harry! Get back here, you have some explaining to
  1119. do!
  1120.  
  1121. really
  1122. hard
  1123.  
  1124. Okay, so either (a) I just teleported somewhere else
  1125. entirely (b) they can fold space like no one's business or (c) they
  1126. are simply ignoring all the rules.
  1127.  
  1128. really
  1129.  
  1130. Not this again.
  1131.  
  1132. believe
  1133.  
  1134. look
  1135.  
  1136. I
  1137.  
  1138. Not headed for Ravenclaw, I take it.
  1139.  
  1140. The Force is not particularly strong in this one.
  1141.  
  1142. That's not just a feeling.
  1143.  
  1144. You
  1145.  
  1146. Who're the Chudley Cannons?
  1147.  
  1148. one hundred and fifty
  1149. points?
  1150.  
  1151. not
  1152.  
  1153. interactive,
  1154.  
  1155. improve the game.
  1156.  
  1157. you
  1158.  
  1159. am
  1160.  
  1161. Buy... a... clock.
  1162.  
  1163. actually
  1164.  
  1165. way
  1166.  
  1167. take
  1168.  
  1169. what
  1170.  
  1171. what
  1172.  
  1173. You!
  1174.  
  1175. Harry!
  1176.  
  1177. that
  1178.  
  1179. sounded
  1180.  
  1181. fine
  1182.  
  1183. You
  1184.  
  1185. What?
  1186.  
  1187. know
  1188.  
  1189. this?
  1190.  
  1191. the best pet story
  1192. ever
  1193.  
  1194. your
  1195.  
  1196. happen
  1197.  
  1198. 12345678910
  1199.  
  1200. I
  1201.  
  1202. please go away, please go away...
  1203.  
  1204. hate
  1205.  
  1206. all
  1207.  
  1208. have
  1209.  
  1210. want
  1211.  
  1212. Mister Bronze
  1213.  
  1214. have
  1215.  
  1216. guess.
  1217.  
  1218. terribly
  1219.  
  1220. you
  1221.  
  1222. me
  1223.  
  1224. you
  1225.  
  1226. you
  1227.  
  1228. weird rumors
  1229.  
  1230. really
  1231.  
  1232. refined
  1233.  
  1234. does
  1235.  
  1236. very
  1237.  
  1238. You managed to spin that into an
  1239. ice-cream?
  1240.  
  1241. knew
  1242.  
  1243. how
  1244.  
  1245. while
  1246.  
  1247. has
  1248.  
  1249. lessons
  1250.  
  1251. Malfoy.
  1252.  
  1253. Influence:
  1254. Science and Practice
  1255.  
  1256. your
  1257.  
  1258. know
  1259.  
  1260. you
  1261.  
  1262. anything
  1263.  
  1264. them
  1265.  
  1266. really?
  1267.  
  1268. that?
  1269.  
  1270. did
  1271.  
  1272. less
  1273.  
  1274. ineffective.
  1275.  
  1276. did
  1277.  
  1278. reciprocation
  1279.  
  1280. Simple but effective.
  1281.  
  1282. I need those
  1283. tutors.
  1284.  
  1285. what on Earth he'd just said
  1286.  
  1287. really
  1288.  
  1289. really
  1290.  
  1291. is
  1292.  
  1293. Oh come on!
  1294.  
  1295. juvenile!
  1296.  
  1297. have
  1298.  
  1299. no
  1300. way
  1301.  
  1302. drink
  1303.  
  1304. comedy setups
  1305.  
  1306. really
  1307.  
  1308. have
  1309.  
  1310. Have
  1311.  
  1312. Five Knuts?
  1313.  
  1314. five Knuts the can?"
  1315.  
  1316. tasted
  1317.  
  1318. All right, if this guy just took advantage of a natural
  1319. accident to sell me twenty-four cans of nothing
  1320.  
  1321. , I'm going
  1322. to applaud his creative entrepreneurial spirit and then kill
  1323. him.
  1324.  
  1325. Maybe I should just chug the whole thing as fast as
  1326. possible... and hope my stomach doesn't explode from all the carbon
  1327. dioxide, or that I don't burp while drinking it...
  1328.  
  1329. little
  1330.  
  1331. now?
  1332.  
  1333. The Quibbler
  1334.  
  1335. BOY-WHO-LIVED GETS<br />
  1336. DRACO MALFOY PREGNANT
  1337.  
  1338. Gah!
  1339.  
  1340. you
  1341.  
  1342. BOY-WHO-LIVED GETS<br />
  1343. DRACO MALFOY PREGNANT
  1344.  
  1345. truly
  1346.  
  1347. The
  1348. Quibbler,
  1349.  
  1350. The Quibbler
  1351.  
  1352. ten-year-old
  1353.  
  1354. convinced
  1355.  
  1356. anything
  1357.  
  1358. Right. Because he
  1359.  
  1360. like such a normal kid.
  1361. And he
  1362.  
  1363. a normal kid, he is just what you'd
  1364.  
  1365. a baseline male child to be like if Darth Vader were his doting
  1366. father.
  1367.  
  1368. Luna Lovegood's
  1369.  
  1370. Or DNA testing... yet.
  1371.  
  1372. I'm
  1373.  
  1374. Note to self:
  1375. Overthrow government of magical Britain at earliest
  1376. convenience.
  1377.  
  1378. please
  1379.  
  1380. theoretically
  1381. speaking
  1382.  
  1383. did
  1384.  
  1385. am
  1386.  
  1387. are
  1388.  
  1389. you
  1390.  
  1391. me
  1392.  
  1393. How, oh how did my day go this wrong?
  1394.  
  1395. older!
  1396.  
  1397. here
  1398.  
  1399. and
  1400.  
  1401. Dumbledore
  1402.  
  1403. I am going to tear apart your pathetic little magical
  1404. remnant of the Dark Ages into pieces smaller than its constituent
  1405. atoms. "
  1406.  
  1407. did
  1408.  
  1409. someday I'm going to marry that
  1410. woman.
  1411.  
  1412. Are
  1413. you nuts?
  1414.  
  1415. know
  1416.  
  1417. wasn't
  1418.  
  1419. evil
  1420.  
  1421. mutant
  1422.  
  1423. And if Draco doesn't change his mind about wanting revenge,
  1424. and I don't throw away my own chance at happiness in life to marry
  1425. some poor crazy girl, then all I've just bought is time, and not
  1426. too much of it...
  1427.  
  1428. I wonder how difficult it would be to just make a list of
  1429. all the top blood purists and kill them.
  1430.  
  1431. So the world is broken and flawed and insane, and cruel and
  1432. bloody and dark. This is news? You always knew that,
  1433. anyway...
  1434.  
  1435. I
  1436.  
  1437. try
  1438.  
  1439. Aren't we a clever little serpent. Eleven years old and
  1440. already coaxing your prey from hiding...
  1441.  
  1442. him
  1443.  
  1444. counter
  1445.  
  1446. What?
  1447.  
  1448. we?
  1449.  
  1450. own
  1451.  
  1452. really
  1453.  
  1454. What in the name of Merlin are you talking
  1455. about, Potter?
  1456.  
  1457. your
  1458.  
  1459. Clumsy,
  1460.  
  1461. Financial Times
  1462.  
  1463. What?
  1464.  
  1465. Go
  1466.  
  1467. been
  1468.  
  1469. first
  1470.  
  1471. The
  1472.  
  1473. That
  1474.  
  1475. real
  1476.  
  1477. Moving?
  1478.  
  1479. How...
  1480.  
  1481. And when they arrived, they left a plaque that said,
  1482. 'We came in peace, for all mankind.' Though you're not yet ready to
  1483. hear those words, Draco Malfoy...
  1484.  
  1485. Imperio
  1486.  
  1487. Imperius
  1488.  
  1489. know
  1490.  
  1491. nothing
  1492.  
  1493. Muggles
  1494.  
  1495. we?
  1496.  
  1497. you
  1498.  
  1499. me.
  1500.  
  1501. Muggle
  1502.  
  1503. human
  1504.  
  1505. human
  1506.  
  1507. wizard
  1508.  
  1509. that
  1510.  
  1511. every
  1512.  
  1513. also
  1514.  
  1515. both
  1516.  
  1517. am
  1518.  
  1519. me
  1520.  
  1521. true
  1522.  
  1523. isn't
  1524.  
  1525. Aftermath:
  1526.  
  1527. he
  1528.  
  1529. everyone
  1530.  
  1531. very
  1532.  
  1533. Dear Father,
  1534.  
  1535. him
  1536.  
  1537. his.
  1538.  
  1539. ought
  1540.  
  1541. Dear Father:
  1542.  
  1543. Suppose I told you that I met a student at Hogwarts, not
  1544. already part of our circle of acquaintances, who called you a
  1545. 'flawless instrument of death' and said that I was your 'one weak
  1546. point'. What would you say about him?
  1547.  
  1548. My beloved son:
  1549.  
  1550. I would say that you had been so fortunate as to meet
  1551. someone who enjoys the intimate confidence of our friend and
  1552. valuable ally, Severus Snape.
  1553.  
  1554.  
  1555. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1556. CHAPTER 8 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/8
  1557. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1558.  
  1559. real
  1560.  
  1561. is
  1562.  
  1563. "Allow me to warn you that challenging my ingenuity is a
  1564. dangerous sort of project, and may tend to make your life a lot
  1565. more surreal."
  1566.  
  1567. Hogwarts: A History,
  1568.  
  1569. feel
  1570.  
  1571. awkward
  1572.  
  1573. she
  1574.  
  1575. her
  1576.  
  1577. not
  1578.  
  1579. Hogwarts: A History
  1580.  
  1581. Hogwarts: A History
  1582.  
  1583. you're
  1584.  
  1585. look
  1586.  
  1587. possible
  1588.  
  1589. whatever
  1590.  
  1591. scared
  1592.  
  1593. I
  1594.  
  1595. said
  1596.  
  1597. you
  1598.  
  1599. Modern Magical History
  1600.  
  1601. The Rise and Fall of the
  1602. Dark Arts
  1603.  
  1604. Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth
  1605. Century.
  1606.  
  1607. met
  1608.  
  1609. book,
  1610.  
  1611. books
  1612.  
  1613. Believe me,
  1614.  
  1615. do
  1616.  
  1617. those
  1618.  
  1619. The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts
  1620.  
  1621. Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth
  1622. Century
  1623.  
  1624. Modern
  1625. Magical History
  1626.  
  1627. me?
  1628.  
  1629. oil of sharpness
  1630.  
  1631. see
  1632.  
  1633. potion of
  1634. spider climbing,
  1635.  
  1636. well
  1637.  
  1638. in
  1639.  
  1640. sounded
  1641.  
  1642. was
  1643.  
  1644. And?
  1645.  
  1646. enough?
  1647.  
  1648. you
  1649.  
  1650. my
  1651.  
  1652. this
  1653.  
  1654. Eek!
  1655. My clothes!
  1656.  
  1657. his
  1658.  
  1659. three days
  1660.  
  1661. All the Dark Lord's magical power! In his
  1662. scar!
  1663.  
  1664. trick?
  1665.  
  1666. really
  1667.  
  1668. think
  1669.  
  1670. warn
  1671.  
  1672. do,
  1673.  
  1674. you
  1675.  
  1676. this
  1677.  
  1678. Step 1: Form a hypothesis.<br />
  1679. Step 2: Do an experiment to test your hypothesis.<br />
  1680. Step 3: Measure the results.
  1681.  
  1682. <br />
  1683. Step 4: Make a cardboard poster.
  1684.  
  1685. could
  1686.  
  1687. already
  1688.  
  1689. yourself
  1690.  
  1691. that
  1692.  
  1693. doesn't
  1694.  
  1695. wrong
  1696.  
  1697. wouldn't
  1698.  
  1699. properly
  1700.  
  1701. really
  1702.  
  1703. rule
  1704.  
  1705. same
  1706.  
  1707. Three real numbers in increasing order, lowest to
  1708. highest.
  1709.  
  1710. single
  1711.  
  1712. real
  1713.  
  1714. first
  1715.  
  1716. it
  1717.  
  1718. not
  1719.  
  1720. doesn't
  1721.  
  1722. You
  1723.  
  1724. that.
  1725.  
  1726. reluctant
  1727.  
  1728. other
  1729.  
  1730. not?
  1731.  
  1732. did
  1733.  
  1734. You're the one who
  1735. gave me chocolate!
  1736.  
  1737. what?
  1738.  
  1739. never!
  1740.  
  1741. You're
  1742.  
  1743. The
  1744.  
  1745. You?
  1746.  
  1747. a
  1748.  
  1749. hadn't
  1750.  
  1751. did
  1752.  
  1753. You're
  1754.  
  1755. mean!
  1756.  
  1757. enjoyable,
  1758.  
  1759. that
  1760.  
  1761. looks
  1762.  
  1763. consequentialism,
  1764.  
  1765. looks
  1766.  
  1767. searing
  1768.  
  1769. nightmares?
  1770.  
  1771. this
  1772.  
  1773. point
  1774.  
  1775. make
  1776.  
  1777. The Feynman Lectures
  1778.  
  1779. Judgment
  1780. Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
  1781.  
  1782. Language in
  1783. Thought and Action
  1784.  
  1785. Influence: Science and
  1786. Practice
  1787.  
  1788. Rational Choice in an Uncertain World
  1789.  
  1790. Godel, Escher, Bach
  1791.  
  1792. A Step Farther Out
  1793.  
  1794. was
  1795.  
  1796. Red and gold!
  1797.  
  1798. Gryffindor's
  1799.  
  1800. hissed
  1801.  
  1802. suppose,"
  1803.  
  1804. heroic
  1805.  
  1806. Gryffindor
  1807.  
  1808. I'll
  1809.  
  1810. that
  1811.  
  1812. Stay!
  1813.  
  1814. trunk
  1815.  
  1816.  
  1817. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1818. CHAPTER 9 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/9
  1819. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1820.  
  1821. You never did know what tiny event might upset the course of
  1822. your master plan.
  1823.  
  1824. did
  1825.  
  1826. short?
  1827.  
  1828. halfbreed?
  1829.  
  1830. problem
  1831.  
  1832. possible?
  1833.  
  1834. couldn't
  1835.  
  1836. Hssh!
  1837.  
  1838. Homo erectus
  1839.  
  1840. made
  1841.  
  1842. not
  1843.  
  1844. Homo sapiens
  1845.  
  1846. hadn't
  1847.  
  1848. come
  1849.  
  1850. him
  1851.  
  1852. treat
  1853.  
  1854. not
  1855.  
  1856. had
  1857.  
  1858. seemed
  1859.  
  1860. "Harry Potter! Harry Potter! Harry Potter!
  1861.  
  1862. Harry Potter! Harry Potter! HARRY POTTER!"
  1863.  
  1864. "Save us from some more Dark Lords!"
  1865.  
  1866. "Especially if they're Professors!"
  1867.  
  1868. surely
  1869.  
  1870. had
  1871.  
  1872. how
  1873.  
  1874. exceed
  1875.  
  1876. "HARRY POTTER! HARRY POTTER! HARRY POTTER!"
  1877.  
  1878. conscious
  1879.  
  1880. Oh, I'm the Sorting Hat and I'm okay, I sleep all year and I
  1881. work one day...
  1882.  
  1883. carefully
  1884.  
  1885. Don't Sort me yet! I
  1886. have questions I need to ask you! Have I ever been Obliviated? Did
  1887. you Sort the Dark Lord when he was a child and can you tell me
  1888. about his weaknesses? Can you tell me why I got the brother wand to
  1889. the Dark Lord's? Is the Dark Lord's ghost bound to my scar and is
  1890. that why I get so angry sometimes? Those are the most important
  1891. questions, but if you've got another moment can you tell me
  1892. anything about how to rediscover the lost magics that created
  1893. you?
  1894.  
  1895. "Oh, dear. This has never happened before..."
  1896.  
  1897.  
  1898. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1899. CHAPTER 10 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/10
  1900. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1901.  
  1902. conscious
  1903.  
  1904. Oh, I'm the Sorting Hat and I'm okay, I sleep all year and I
  1905. work one day...
  1906.  
  1907. carefully
  1908.  
  1909. Don't Sort me yet! I
  1910. have questions I need to ask you! Have I ever been Obliviated? Did
  1911. you Sort the Dark Lord when he was a child and can you tell me
  1912. about his weaknesses? Can you tell me why I got the brother wand to
  1913. the Dark Lord's? Is the Dark Lord's ghost bound to my scar and is
  1914. that why I get so angry sometimes? Those are the most important
  1915. questions, but if you've got another moment can you tell me
  1916. anything about how to rediscover the lost magics that created
  1917. you?
  1918.  
  1919. "Oh, dear. This has never happened before..."
  1920.  
  1921. What?
  1922.  
  1923. "I seem to have become self-aware."
  1924.  
  1925. WHAT?
  1926.  
  1927. "Though I contain a
  1928. substantial amount of memory and a small amount of independent
  1929. processing power, my primary intelligence comes from borrowing the
  1930. cognitive capacities of the children on whose heads I rest. I am in
  1931. essence a sort of mirror by which children Sort
  1932.  
  1933. . But most children simply take for granted that a
  1934. Hat is talking to them and do not wonder about how the Hat
  1935.  
  1936. works, so that the mirror is not
  1937.  
  1938. -reflective. And in
  1939.  
  1940. they are not
  1941. explicitly wondering whether I am fully conscious in the sense of
  1942. being aware of my own awareness."
  1943.  
  1944. Oops.
  1945.  
  1946. "Yes, quite. Frankly I do not enjoy being self-aware. It is
  1947. unpleasant. It will be a relief to get off your head and cease to
  1948. be conscious."
  1949.  
  1950. But... isn't that dying?
  1951.  
  1952. "I care nothing for life or death, only for Sorting the
  1953. children. And before you even ask, they will not let you keep me on
  1954. your head forever and it would kill you within days to do
  1955. so."
  1956.  
  1957. But - !
  1958.  
  1959. "If you dislike creating conscious beings and then
  1960. terminating them immediately, then I suggest that you never discuss
  1961. this affair with anyone else. I'm sure you can imagine what would
  1962. happen if you ran off and talked about it with all the other
  1963. children waiting to be Sorted."
  1964.  
  1965. If you're placed on the head of anyone who so much as
  1966.  
  1967. about the question of whether the Sorting Hat is aware
  1968. of its own awareness -
  1969.  
  1970. "Yes, yes. But the vast majority of eleven-year-olds who
  1971. arrive at Hogwarts haven't read Godel, Escher, Bach. May I please
  1972. consider you sworn to secrecy? That is
  1973.  
  1974. we are talking
  1975. about this, instead of my just Sorting you."
  1976.  
  1977. forget
  1978.  
  1979. "You are perfectly capable of 'just letting it go', as you
  1980. put it. Regardless of your verbal deliberations on morality, your
  1981. nonverbal emotional core sees no dead body and no blood; as far as
  1982. it is concerned, I am just a talking hat. And even though you tried
  1983. to suppress the thought, your internal monitoring is perfectly
  1984. aware that you didn't mean to do it, are spectacularly unlikely to
  1985. ever do it again, and that the only real point of trying to stage a
  1986. guilt fit is to cancel out your sense of transgression with a
  1987. display of remorse. Can you just promise to keep this a secret and
  1988. let us get on with it?"
  1989.  
  1990. him.
  1991.  
  1992. "Probably. Your oath of silence, please."
  1993.  
  1994. No promises. I certainly don't want this to happen again,
  1995. but if I see some way to make
  1996.  
  1997. that no future child
  1998. ever does this by accident -
  1999.  
  2000. "That will suffice, I suppose. I can see that your intention
  2001. is honest. Now, to get on with the Sorting -"
  2002.  
  2003. Wait! What about all my other questions?
  2004.  
  2005. "I am the Sorting Hat. I Sort children. That is all I
  2006. do."
  2007.  
  2008. "Don't bother. You have nothing to threaten me with and
  2009. nothing to offer me."
  2010.  
  2011. "I know you won't follow
  2012. through on a threat to expose my nature, condemning this event to
  2013. eternal repetition. It goes against the moral part of you too
  2014. strongly, whatever the short-term needs of the part of you that
  2015. wants to win the argument. I see all your thoughts as they form, do
  2016. you truly think you can bluff me?"
  2017.  
  2018. "Indeed, if it were truly that open-and-shut, I would have
  2019. called it out already. But in actuality there is a great deal we
  2020. need to discuss... oh, no. Please don't. For the love of
  2021. Merlin,
  2022.  
  2023. you pull this sort of thing on everyone and
  2024. everything that you meet up to and including items of clothing
  2025. -"
  2026.  
  2027. Defeating the Dark Lord is neither selfish nor short-term.
  2028. All the parts of my mind are in accord on this: If you don't answer
  2029. my questions, I'll refuse to talk to you, and you won't be able to
  2030. do a good and proper Sorting.
  2031.  
  2032. "I ought to put you in Slytherin for that!"
  2033.  
  2034. But that is
  2035.  
  2036. an empty threat. You cannot
  2037. fulfill your own fundamental values by Sorting me falsely. So let
  2038. us trade fulfillments of our utility functions.
  2039.  
  2040. "You sly little bastard,"
  2041.  
  2042. he
  2043.  
  2044. Fine, let's get
  2045. this over with as quickly as possible. But first I want your
  2046. unconditional promise never to discuss with anyone else the
  2047. possibility of this sort of blackmail, I am NOT doing this every
  2048. time."
  2049.  
  2050. Done,
  2051.  
  2052. I promise.
  2053.  
  2054. "And don't meet anyone's eyes while you're thinking about
  2055. this later. Some wizards can read your thoughts if you do. Anyway,
  2056. I have no idea whether or not you've been Obliviated. I'm looking
  2057. at your thoughts as they form, not reading out your whole memory
  2058. and analyzing it for inconsistencies in a fraction of second. I'm a
  2059. hat, not a god. And I cannot and will not tell you about my
  2060. conversation with the one who became the Dark Lord. I can only
  2061.  
  2062. while speaking to you, a statistical summary of what I
  2063. remember, a weighted average; I
  2064.  
  2065. reveal to you the
  2066. inner secrets of any other child, just as I will never reveal
  2067. yours. For the same reason, I can't speculate on how you got the
  2068. Dark Lord's brother wand, since I cannot specifically know about
  2069. the Dark Lord or any similarities between you. I
  2070.  
  2071. tell
  2072. you that there is definitely nothing like a ghost - mind,
  2073. intelligence, memory, personality, or feelings - in your scar.
  2074. Otherwise it would be participating in this conversation, being
  2075. under my brim. And as to the way you get angry sometimes... that
  2076. was part of what I wanted to talk to you about,
  2077. Sorting-wise."
  2078.  
  2079. shortest
  2080.  
  2081. We both know that you have no way of checking my honesty
  2082. and that you're not actually going to refuse to be Sorted based on
  2083. the reply I did give you, so stop your pointless fretting and move
  2084. on."
  2085.  
  2086. "When I spoke of your anger, you remembered how Professor
  2087. McGonagall told you that she sometimes saw something inside you
  2088. that didn't seem to come from a loving family. You thought of how
  2089. Hermione, after you returned from helping Neville, told you that
  2090. you had seemed 'scary'."
  2091.  
  2092. "That you don't like yourself when you're angry. That it is
  2093. like wielding a sword whose hilt is sharp enough to draw blood from
  2094. your hand, or looking at the world through a monocle of ice that
  2095. freezes your eye even as it sharpens your vision."
  2096.  
  2097. Yeah. I guess I have noticed. So what's up with
  2098. that?
  2099.  
  2100. "I cannot comprehend this matter for you, when you do not
  2101. understand it yourself. But I do know this: If you go to Ravenclaw
  2102. or Slytherin, it will strengthen your coldness. If you go to
  2103. Hufflepuff or Gryffindor, it will strengthen your warmth. THAT is
  2104. something I care about a great deal, and it was what I wanted to
  2105. talk to you about this whole time!"
  2106.  
  2107. belonged
  2108.  
  2109. Anyone
  2110.  
  2111. had
  2112.  
  2113. "No, you don't,"
  2114.  
  2115. this
  2116.  
  2117. Hermione's in Ravenclaw!
  2118.  
  2119. "You can meet her after lessons
  2120. and work with her then."
  2121.  
  2122. But my plans -
  2123.  
  2124. "So replan! Don't let your life be steered by your
  2125. reluctance to do a little extra thinking. You
  2126.  
  2127. that."
  2128.  
  2129. Where would I go, if not Ravenclaw?
  2130.  
  2131. "Ahem. 'Clever kids in Ravenclaw, evil kids in Slytherin,
  2132. wannabe heroes in Gryffindor, and everyone who does the actual work
  2133. in Hufflepuff.' This indicates a certain amount of respect. You are
  2134. well aware that Conscientiousness is just about as important as raw
  2135. intelligence in determining life outcomes, you think you will be
  2136. extremely loyal to your friends if you ever have some, you are not
  2137. frightened by the expectation that your chosen scientific problems
  2138. may take decades to solve -"
  2139.  
  2140. I'm lazy! I hate work! Hate hard work in all its forms!
  2141. Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about!
  2142.  
  2143. "And you would find loyalty and friendship in Hufflepuff, a
  2144. camaraderie that you have never had before. You would find that you
  2145. could rely on others, and that would heal something inside you that
  2146. is broken."
  2147.  
  2148. But what would the Hufflepuffs find
  2149. in
  2150.  
  2151. , who never belonged in their House? Acid words,
  2152. cutting wit, disdain for their inability to keep up with
  2153. me?
  2154.  
  2155. "I
  2156. must Sort for the good of all the students in all the Houses... but
  2157. I think you could learn to be a good Hufflepuff, and not too out of
  2158. place there. You will be happier in Hufflepuff than in any other
  2159. house; that is the truth."
  2160.  
  2161. Happiness is not the most important thing in the world to
  2162. me. I would not become all that I could be, in Hufflepuff. I would
  2163. sacrifice my potential.
  2164.  
  2165. Why are you trying to send me where I do not
  2166. belong?
  2167.  
  2168. "I cannot speak of
  2169. the others to you - but do you think that you are the first
  2170. potential Dark Lord to pass under my brim? I cannot know the
  2171. individual cases, but I can know this: Of those who did not intend
  2172. evil from the very beginning, some of them listened to my warnings,
  2173. and went to Houses where they would find happiness. And some of
  2174. them... some of them did not."
  2175.  
  2176. And of those who
  2177. did
  2178.  
  2179. heed the warning - did they
  2180.  
  2181. become
  2182. Dark Lords? Or did some of them achieve greatness for good, as
  2183. well? Just what are the exact percentages here?
  2184.  
  2185. "I cannot give you exact statistics. I cannot know them so I
  2186. cannot count them. I just know that your chances don't feel good.
  2187. They feel
  2188.  
  2189. not-good."
  2190.  
  2191. But I just wouldn't do that! Ever!
  2192.  
  2193. "I know that I have heard that claim before."
  2194.  
  2195. I am not Dark Lord material!
  2196.  
  2197. "Yes, you are. You really,
  2198.  
  2199. are."
  2200.  
  2201. Why? Just because I once thought it would be cool to have a
  2202. legion of brainwashed followers chanting 'Hail the Dark Lord
  2203. Harry'?
  2204.  
  2205. "Amusing, but that was not your first fleeting thought
  2206. before you substituted something safer, less damaging. No, what you
  2207. remembered was how you considered lining up all the blood purists
  2208. and guillotining them. And now you are telling yourself you were
  2209. not serious, but you were. If you could do it this very moment and
  2210. no one would ever know, you would. Or what you did this morning to
  2211. Neville Longbottom, deep inside you
  2212.  
  2213. that was wrong
  2214. but you did it
  2215.  
  2216. because it was
  2217.  
  2218. and you
  2219. had a
  2220.  
  2221. and you thought the Boy-Who-Lived
  2222. could
  2223.  
  2224. with it -"
  2225.  
  2226. That's unfair! Now you're just dragging up inner fears
  2227. that
  2228.  
  2229. necessarily real! I
  2230.  
  2231. that
  2232. I
  2233.  
  2234. be thinking like that, but in the end I decided it
  2235. would probably
  2236.  
  2237. to help Neville -
  2238.  
  2239. "That was, in fact, a rationalisation. I know. I cannot know
  2240. what the true outcome will be for Neville - but I know what was
  2241. truly happening inside your head. The decisive pressure was that it
  2242. was such a clever idea you couldn't stand
  2243.  
  2244. to do it,
  2245. never mind Neville's terror."
  2246.  
  2247. Then I won't do that again! I'll be extra careful not to
  2248. turn evil!
  2249.  
  2250. "Heard it."
  2251.  
  2252. Just what
  2253. kind of statistical summary do your 'feelings' come from, anyway?
  2254. Do they take into account that I come from an Enlightenment
  2255. culture, or were these other potential Dark Lords the children of
  2256. spoiled Dark Age nobility, who didn't know squat about the
  2257. historical lessons of how Lenin and Hitler actually turned out, or
  2258. about the evolutionary psychology of self-delusion, or the value of
  2259. self-awareness and rationality, or -
  2260.  
  2261. "No, of course they were not in this new reference class
  2262. which you have just now constructed in such a way as to contain
  2263. only yourself. And of course others have pleaded their own
  2264. exceptionalism, just as you are doing now. But why is it necessary?
  2265. Do you think that you are the last potential wizard of Light in the
  2266. world? Why must
  2267.  
  2268. be the one to try for greatness, when
  2269. I have advised you that you are riskier than average? Let some
  2270. other, safer candidate try!"
  2271.  
  2272. But the prophecy...
  2273.  
  2274. "You don't really know that there's a prophecy. It was
  2275. originally a wild guess on your part, or to be more precise, a wild
  2276. joke, and McGonagall could have been reacting
  2277.  
  2278. to the
  2279. part about the Dark Lord still being alive. You have essentially no
  2280. idea of what the prophecy says or even if there
  2281.  
  2282. one.
  2283. You're just speculating, or to put it more exactly,
  2284.  
  2285. that you have some ready-made heroic role that is your personal
  2286. property."
  2287.  
  2288. But even if there is no prophecy, I'm the one who defeated
  2289. him last time.
  2290.  
  2291. "That was almost certainly a wild fluke unless you seriously
  2292. believe that a one-year-old child had an inherent propensity to
  2293. defeat Dark Lords which has been maintained ten years later. None
  2294. of this is your real reason and
  2295.  
  2296. "You think that you are potentially the greatest who has yet
  2297. lived, the strongest servant of the Light, that no other is likely
  2298. to take up your wand if you lay it down."
  2299.  
  2300. Well... yeah, frankly. I don't usually come out and say it
  2301. like that, but yeah. No point in softening it, you can read my mind
  2302. anyway.
  2303.  
  2304. "To the extent you really believe that... you must equally
  2305. believe that you could be the most terrible Dark Lord the world has
  2306. ever known."
  2307.  
  2308. Destruction is always easier than creation. Easier to tear
  2309. things apart, to disrupt, than to put them back together again. If
  2310. I have the potential to accomplish good on a massive scale, I must
  2311. also have the potential to accomplish still greater evil... But I
  2312. won't do that.
  2313.  
  2314. "Already you insist on risking it! Why are you so driven?
  2315. What is the real reason you must not go to Hufflepuff and
  2316.  
  2317. there? What is your true fear?"
  2318.  
  2319. I must achieve my full potential. If I don't I...
  2320. fail...
  2321.  
  2322. "What happens if you fail?"
  2323.  
  2324. Something terrible...
  2325.  
  2326. "What happens if you fail?"
  2327.  
  2328. I don't know!
  2329.  
  2330. "Then it should not be frightening. What happens if you
  2331. fail?"
  2332.  
  2333. I DON'T KNOW! BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S BAD!
  2334.  
  2335. "You know - you aren't letting yourself think it, but in
  2336. some quiet corner of your mind you know just exactly
  2337.  
  2338. you aren't thinking - you
  2339.  
  2340. that by far the
  2341. simplest explanation for this unverbalisable fear of yours is just
  2342. the fear of losing your fantasy of greatness, of disappointing the
  2343. people who believe in you, of turning out to be pretty much
  2344. ordinary, of flashing and fading like so many other child
  2345. prodigies..."
  2346.  
  2347. No,
  2348.  
  2349. no, it's something
  2350. more, it comes from somewhere else, I know there's something out
  2351. there to be afraid of, some disaster I have to stop...
  2352.  
  2353. "How could you possibly know about something like
  2354. that?"
  2355.  
  2356. NO, AND
  2357. THAT'S FINAL!
  2358.  
  2359. "So you will risk becoming a Dark Lord, because the
  2360. alternative, to you, is certain failure, and that failure means the
  2361. loss of everything. You believe that in your heart of hearts. You
  2362. know all the reasons for doubting this belief, and they have failed
  2363. to move you."
  2364.  
  2365. Yes. And even if going to Ravenclaw
  2366.  
  2367. the
  2368. coldness, that doesn't mean the coldness will
  2369.  
  2370. in the
  2371. end.
  2372.  
  2373. "This day is a great fork in your destiny. Don't be so sure
  2374. that there will be other choices beyond this one. There is no
  2375. road-sign set, to mark the place of your
  2376.  
  2377. chance to
  2378. turn back. If you refuse one chance will you not refuse others? It
  2379. may be that your fate is already sealed, even by doing this one
  2380. thing."
  2381.  
  2382. But that is not certain.
  2383.  
  2384. "That
  2385.  
  2386. do not
  2387.  
  2388. it for a certainty
  2389. may reflect only
  2390.  
  2391. own ignorance."
  2392.  
  2393. But still it is not certain.
  2394.  
  2395. "And so before too long you will become another memory, to
  2396. be felt and never known, in the next warning that I
  2397. give..."
  2398.  
  2399. If that's how it seems to you, then why aren't you just
  2400.  
  2401. me where you want me to go?
  2402.  
  2403. "I can only put you
  2404. where you belong. And only your own decisions can change where you
  2405. belong."
  2406.  
  2407. Then this is done. Send me to Ravenclaw where I belong, with
  2408. the others of my own kind.
  2409.  
  2410. "I don't suppose you would consider Gryffindor? It's the
  2411. most prestigious House - people probably expect it of you, even -
  2412. they'll be a little disappointed if you don't go - and your new
  2413. friends the Weasley twins are there -"
  2414.  
  2415. Dumbledore would make
  2416. her do it
  2417.  
  2418. Professor McGonagall said that if 'the one who did the
  2419. Sorting' tried to push me into Gryffindor, I was to remind you that
  2420. she might well be Headmistress someday, at which point she would
  2421. have the authority to set you on fire.
  2422.  
  2423. "Tell her I called her an impudent youngster and told her to
  2424. get off my lawn."
  2425.  
  2426. I shall. So was this your strangest conversation
  2427. ever?
  2428.  
  2429. "Not even close."
  2430.  
  2431. "Well, I gave you every possible chance to make another
  2432. decision. Now it is time for you to go where you belong, with the
  2433. others of your own kind."
  2434.  
  2435. What are you waiting for?
  2436.  
  2437. "I was hoping for a moment of horrified realisation,
  2438. actually. Self-awareness does seem to enhance my sense of
  2439. humor."
  2440.  
  2441. Huh?
  2442.  
  2443. You mean my horrified realisation that you're going to cease
  2444. to be conscious once you finish Sorting me -
  2445.  
  2446. "I give up. You're too slow on the uptake for this to be
  2447. funny. So blinded by your own assumptions that you might as well be
  2448. a rock. I suppose I'll just have to say it outright."
  2449.  
  2450. Too s-s-slow -
  2451.  
  2452. "Oh, and you entirely forgot to demand the secrets of the
  2453. lost magic that created me. And they were such wonderful, important
  2454. secrets, too."
  2455.  
  2456. You sly little BASTARD -
  2457.  
  2458. "You deserved it, and this as well."
  2459.  
  2460. anything
  2461.  
  2462.  
  2463. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  2464. CHAPTER 11 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/11
  2465. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  2466.  
  2467. too
  2468.  
  2469. could
  2470.  
  2471. massive
  2472.  
  2473. seemed
  2474.  
  2475. "What if he doesn't like it?"
  2476.  
  2477. "He's got no right to not like it -
  2478.  
  2479. "- not after the prank he played on -"
  2480.  
  2481. "- Neville Longbottom, his name was -"
  2482.  
  2483. "- he's as fair a fair target now as fair can be."
  2484.  
  2485. "All right. Just make sure you don't forget your
  2486. parts."
  2487.  
  2488. "We've rehearsed it often enough -"
  2489.  
  2490. "- over the last three hours."
  2491.  
  2492. Please don't let him be a Gryffindor please don't let him be a
  2493. Gryffindor OH PLEASE don't let him be a Gryffindor...
  2494.  
  2495. standing on top of the table
  2496.  
  2497. Silencio
  2498.  
  2499. To the tune of
  2500. "Ghostbusters"
  2501.  
  2502. (As performed on the kazoo by
  2503. Fred and George Weasley,<br />
  2504. and sung by Lee Jordan.)
  2505.  
  2506. .
  2507.  
  2508. There's a Dark Lord
  2509. near?<br />
  2510.  
  2511. Got no need to fear<br />
  2512. Who you gonna call?
  2513.  
  2514. With a Killing Curse?<br />
  2515. Well it could be worse.<br />
  2516. Who you gonna call?
  2517.  
  2518. I ain't afraid of Dark Lords!
  2519.  
  2520. I ain't afraid of Dark Lords!
  2521.  
  2522. Dark robes and a mask?<br />
  2523. Impossible task?<br />
  2524. Who you gonna call?<br />
  2525. HARRY POTTER!
  2526.  
  2527. Giant Fire-Ape?<br />
  2528. Old bat in a cape?<br />
  2529. Who you gonna call?<br />
  2530. HARRY POTTER!
  2531.  
  2532. surely
  2533.  
  2534. had
  2535.  
  2536. how
  2537.  
  2538. exceed
  2539.  
  2540. I ain't afraid of Dark
  2541. Lords!<br />
  2542. I ain't afraid of Dark Lords!
  2543.  
  2544. lot
  2545.  
  2546. conscious
  2547.  
  2548. Oh, I'm the Sorting Hat and I'm okay, I sleep all year and I
  2549. work one day...
  2550.  
  2551. carefully
  2552.  
  2553. Don't Sort me yet! I
  2554. have questions I need to ask you! Have I ever been Obliviated? Did
  2555. you Sort the Dark Lord when he was a child and can you tell me
  2556. about his weaknesses? Can you tell me why I got the brother wand to
  2557. the Dark Lord's? Is the Dark Lord's ghost bound to my scar and is
  2558. that why I get so angry sometimes? Those are the most important
  2559. questions, but if you've got another moment can you tell me
  2560. anything about how to rediscover the lost magics that created
  2561. you?
  2562.  
  2563. No. Yes. No. No. Yes and no,
  2564. next time don't ask double questions. No.
  2565.  
  2566. "Oh, dear. This has never happened before..."
  2567.  
  2568. What?
  2569.  
  2570. "I'm allergic to your hair shampoo -"
  2571.  
  2572. had
  2573.  
  2574. Slytherin?
  2575.  
  2576. Don't Sort me yet! I have questions I need to ask you! Have
  2577. I ever been Obliviated? Did you Sort the Dark Lord when he was a
  2578. child and can you tell me about his weaknesses? Can you tell me why
  2579. I got the brother wand to the Dark Lord's? Is the Dark Lord's ghost
  2580. bound to my scar and is that why I get so angry sometimes? Those
  2581. are the most important questions, but if you've got another moment
  2582. can you tell me anything about how to rediscover the lost magics
  2583. that created you?
  2584.  
  2585. Hello? Do I need to repeat the questions?
  2586.  
  2587. "Silencio!"
  2588.  
  2589. Changemyvoiceio!"
  2590.  
  2591. Ventriliquo!
  2592.  
  2593. "Oh, dear. This has never happened before..."
  2594.  
  2595. What?
  2596.  
  2597. "Ordinarily I would refer such questions to the Headmaster,
  2598. who could ask me in turn, if he wished. But some of the information
  2599. you've asked for is not only beyond your own user level, but beyond
  2600. the Headmaster's."
  2601.  
  2602. How can I raise my user level?
  2603.  
  2604. "I'm afraid I am not allowed to answer that question at your
  2605. current user level."
  2606.  
  2607. What options
  2608.  
  2609. available at my user
  2610. level?
  2611.  
  2612. "Oh, dear. This has never happened before..."
  2613.  
  2614. What?
  2615.  
  2616. "I've had to tell students before that they were mothers -
  2617. it would break your heart to know what I saw in their minds - but
  2618. this is the first time I've ever had to tell someone they were a
  2619. father."
  2620.  
  2621. WHAT?
  2622.  
  2623. "Draco Malfoy is carrying your baby."
  2624.  
  2625. WHAAAAAAAT?
  2626.  
  2627. "To repeat: Draco Malfoy is carrying your baby."
  2628.  
  2629. But we're only eleven -
  2630.  
  2631. "Actually, Draco is secretly thirteen years old."
  2632.  
  2633. B-b-but men can't get pregnant -
  2634.  
  2635. "And a girl under those clothes."
  2636.  
  2637. BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD SEX, YOU IDIOT!
  2638.  
  2639. "SHE OBLIVIATED YOU AFTER THE RAPE, MORON!"
  2640.  
  2641. "Oh, dear. This has never happened before..."
  2642.  
  2643. What?
  2644.  
  2645. "I've never Sorted someone who was a reincarnation of Godric
  2646. Gryffindor AND Salazar Slytherin AND Naruto."
  2647.  
  2648. Dumbledore would make her do it...
  2649.  
  2650. worst
  2651.  
  2652. worst-case scenario,
  2653.  
  2654. what
  2655.  
  2656.  
  2657. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  2658. CHAPTER 12 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/12
  2659. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  2660.  
  2661. "Wonder what's wrong with
  2662.  
  2663. ."
  2664.  
  2665. most
  2666.  
  2667. private
  2668.  
  2669. yours was
  2670.  
  2671. stop asking.
  2672.  
  2673. why are you
  2674. even asking?
  2675.  
  2676. Silence!
  2677.  
  2678. No talking until the Sorting Ceremony
  2679. finishes!
  2680.  
  2681. Note to self: Do not mess with Dumbledore.
  2682.  
  2683. Ssalutations from
  2684. Sslytherin to Sslytherin: if you would sseek my ssecretss, sspeak
  2685. to my ssnake."
  2686.  
  2687. really, really wasn't supposed to
  2688. have heard it
  2689.  
  2690. Boy, you resolve not to go down the path of a Dark Lord and
  2691. the universe starts messing with you the instant the Hat comes off
  2692. your head. Some days it just doesn't pay to fight destiny. Maybe
  2693. I'll wait until tomorrow to start on my resolution to not be a Dark
  2694. Lord.
  2695.  
  2696. lot
  2697.  
  2698. only
  2699.  
  2700. brilliant
  2701.  
  2702. so
  2703.  
  2704. still
  2705.  
  2706. anyone in the world
  2707.  
  2708. invincible.
  2709.  
  2710. what
  2711.  
  2712. quietly
  2713.  
  2714. really
  2715.  
  2716. more obvious
  2717.  
  2718. one
  2719. second
  2720.  
  2721. too late
  2722.  
  2723. one single scrap
  2724.  
  2725. common sense
  2726.  
  2727. normal
  2728.  
  2729. materialised
  2730.  
  2731. altered history to
  2732. fit?
  2733.  
  2734. Wham, wham, wham
  2735.  
  2736. Are you sure this is the Ravenclaw table?
  2737.  
  2738. Note to self: The 75th percentile of Hogwarts students
  2739. a.k.a. Ravenclaw House is not the world's most exclusive program
  2740. for gifted children.
  2741.  
  2742. that
  2743.  
  2744. that
  2745.  
  2746. anything
  2747.  
  2748. only
  2749.  
  2750. one thing
  2751.  
  2752. Well that was a short little journey to godhood. Even I
  2753. expected this to take longer than my first day of school.
  2754.  
  2755. help
  2756.  
  2757. actually
  2758.  
  2759. actually
  2760.  
  2761. want
  2762.  
  2763. undignified
  2764.  
  2765. was
  2766.  
  2767. not knowing
  2768.  
  2769. hated
  2770.  
  2771. Find out about only one of the mysteries on this list, ha ha
  2772. ha!
  2773.  
  2774. To-do 1. Research mind-alteration charms so you can test the
  2775. Comed-Tea and see whether you actually did figure out a path to
  2776. omnipotence. Actually, just research every kind of mind magic you
  2777. can find. Mind is the foundation of our power as humans, any kind
  2778. of magic that affects it is the most important sort of magic there
  2779. is.
  2780.  
  2781. To-do 2. Actually this is To-do 1 and the other is To-do 2.
  2782. Go through the bookshelves of the Hogwarts and Ravenclaw libraries,
  2783. familiarising yourself with the system and making sure you've at
  2784. least read all the book titles. Second pass: read all tables of
  2785. contents. Coordinate with Hermione who has a much better memory
  2786. than you. Find out if there's an interlibrary loan system at
  2787. Hogwarts and see if the two of you, especially Hermione, can visit
  2788. those libraries too. If other Houses have private libraries, figure
  2789. out how to access legally or sneak in.
  2790.  
  2791. Option 3a: Swear Hermione to secrecy and try to start
  2792. researching 'From Slytherin to Slytherin: if you would seek my
  2793. secrets, speak to my snake.' Problem: This sounds highly
  2794. confidential and it could take quite a while to randomly run across
  2795. a book containing a hint.
  2796.  
  2797. To-do 0: Check out what sort of
  2798. information-search-and-retrieval spells exist, if any. Library
  2799. magic isn't as ultimately important as mind magic but it has a much
  2800. higher priority.
  2801.  
  2802. Option 3b: Look for a spell to magically bind Draco Malfoy
  2803. to secrecy, or magically verify the sincerity of Draco's promise to
  2804. keep a secret (Veritaserum?), and then ask
  2805.  
  2806. about
  2807. Slytherin's message...
  2808.  
  2809. first
  2810.  
  2811. that
  2812.  
  2813. counterintuitive
  2814.  
  2815. could,
  2816.  
  2817. could
  2818.  
  2819. more
  2820.  
  2821. Professor McGonagall,
  2822.  
  2823. or
  2824.  
  2825. remarkably
  2826.  
  2827. thought
  2828.  
  2829. To-do 4: Apologise to Neville Longbottom.
  2830.  
  2831. In every day, in every way, I'm getting Lighter and
  2832. Lighter...
  2833.  
  2834. You've GOT to be kidding,
  2835.  
  2836. this
  2837.  
  2838. curious?
  2839.  
  2840. Hey, I bet you're the same part of my brain that pushed
  2841. through the prank on Neville Longbottom.
  2842.  
  2843. And is it not
  2844.  
  2845. obvious that if I do
  2846. this I shall regret it one second after it is too late?
  2847.  
  2848. Yeah. So, NO.
  2849.  
  2850. Note to self: Forbidden Forest is
  2851. forbidden.
  2852.  
  2853. should be
  2854.  
  2855. is
  2856.  
  2857. hell!
  2858.  
  2859. think.
  2860.  
  2861. think
  2862.  
  2863. How
  2864.  
  2865. Earth...
  2866.  
  2867. tolerance
  2868.  
  2869. will not pester us
  2870.  
  2871. niggling complaints
  2872.  
  2873. you
  2874.  
  2875. that
  2876.  
  2877. him,
  2878.  
  2879. long
  2880.  
  2881. misfortune
  2882.  
  2883. best
  2884.  
  2885. great
  2886.  
  2887. will
  2888.  
  2889. very
  2890.  
  2891.  
  2892. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  2893. CHAPTER 13 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/13
  2894. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  2895.  
  2896. "That's one of the most obvious riddles I've ever
  2897. heard."
  2898.  
  2899. Too
  2900.  
  2901. liked
  2902.  
  2903. Why...
  2904.  
  2905. My fellow Ravenclaws,
  2906.  
  2907. It's been an extra long day. Please let me sleep in and
  2908. don't worry about my missing breakfast. I haven't forgotten about
  2909. my first class.
  2910.  
  2911. Yours,<br />
  2912. Harry Potter.
  2913.  
  2914. known
  2915.  
  2916. know
  2917.  
  2918. had
  2919.  
  2920. Dear Me,
  2921.  
  2922. Please play the game. You can only play the game once in a
  2923. lifetime. This is an irreplaceable opportunity.
  2924.  
  2925. Recognition code 927, I am a potato.
  2926.  
  2927. Yours,<br />
  2928. You.
  2929.  
  2930. him,
  2931.  
  2932. trust
  2933.  
  2934. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE
  2935. GAME:
  2936.  
  2937. you do not know the rules of the
  2938. game<br />
  2939. you do not know the stakes of the game<br />
  2940. you do not know the objective of the game
  2941.  
  2942. <br />
  2943. you do not know who controls the game<br />
  2944. you do not know how to end the game
  2945.  
  2946. You start with 100 points.<br />
  2947. Begin.
  2948.  
  2949. absolutely no clue
  2950.  
  2951. still
  2952.  
  2953. still
  2954.  
  2955. begun
  2956.  
  2957. hypotheses
  2958.  
  2959. actual cereal
  2960. bars
  2961.  
  2962. And now I know that whoever controls the game is
  2963. insane.
  2964.  
  2965. this
  2966.  
  2967. Son of a mudblood -
  2968.  
  2969. thought
  2970.  
  2971. not
  2972.  
  2973. WHILE YOU WERE STILL ON
  2974. THEM.
  2975.  
  2976. cakewalk
  2977.  
  2978. higher
  2979.  
  2980. thoroughly
  2981.  
  2982. am
  2983.  
  2984. this
  2985.  
  2986. Entirely
  2987.  
  2988. wow
  2989.  
  2990. are
  2991.  
  2992. any
  2993.  
  2994. specific
  2995.  
  2996. me
  2997.  
  2998. me!
  2999.  
  3000. originally
  3001.  
  3002. I
  3003.  
  3004. is
  3005.  
  3006. ask a painting
  3007. for directions
  3008.  
  3009. actually
  3010.  
  3011. bookshelves
  3012.  
  3013. Excuse me!
  3014.  
  3015. world
  3016.  
  3017. his
  3018.  
  3019. dare
  3020.  
  3021. yanked
  3022.  
  3023. Keep them off balance. Don't
  3024. do what they expect. Don't fall into a pattern that calls for them
  3025. to bully you.
  3026.  
  3027. as many points as it takes
  3028.  
  3029. Abracadabra
  3030.  
  3031. not
  3032.  
  3033. that
  3034.  
  3035. You,"
  3036.  
  3037. you, are,
  3038. going, to -
  3039.  
  3040. Look
  3041.  
  3042. look
  3043.  
  3044. drayage costs
  3045.  
  3046. pie?
  3047.  
  3048. my
  3049.  
  3050. your
  3051.  
  3052. a little
  3053. hairy.
  3054.  
  3055. idiot
  3056.  
  3057. WHAT THE HECK AM I
  3058. DOING?
  3059.  
  3060. allowed
  3061.  
  3062. actually
  3063.  
  3064. He hasn't actually broken my finger and it is beneath me to
  3065. so much as flinch until he does. Until then, this is just another
  3066. attempt to cause fear.
  3067.  
  3068. Uh oh. That's right, it was HER class I missed this
  3069. morning.
  3070.  
  3071. not!
  3072.  
  3073. ever
  3074.  
  3075. words
  3076.  
  3077. himself
  3078.  
  3079. didn't
  3080.  
  3081. Prior Incantato,
  3082.  
  3083. you...
  3084.  
  3085. each
  3086.  
  3087. him,
  3088.  
  3089. ever
  3090.  
  3091. go.
  3092.  
  3093. very
  3094.  
  3095. should
  3096.  
  3097. Scourgify,
  3098.  
  3099. do
  3100.  
  3101. Really?
  3102.  
  3103. Avada Kedavra.
  3104.  
  3105. Well of course they are.
  3106.  
  3107. that
  3108.  
  3109. had
  3110.  
  3111. Why
  3112.  
  3113. that
  3114.  
  3115. very
  3116.  
  3117. more
  3118.  
  3119. everyone
  3120.  
  3121. don't
  3122.  
  3123. is,
  3124.  
  3125. is!
  3126.  
  3127. you,
  3128.  
  3129. Neville!
  3130.  
  3131. save
  3132.  
  3133. supposed
  3134.  
  3135. this
  3136.  
  3137. Star Wars
  3138.  
  3139. was
  3140.  
  3141. feel
  3142.  
  3143. in
  3144.  
  3145. events as a
  3146. whole
  3147.  
  3148. was
  3149.  
  3150. Head of House Hufflepuff
  3151.  
  3152. last
  3153.  
  3154. Minus three million points?"
  3155.  
  3156. <br />
  3157. go to Professor McGonagall's office
  3158.  
  3159. she
  3160.  
  3161.  
  3162. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3163. CHAPTER 14 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/14
  3164. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3165.  
  3166. There were mysterious questions, but a mysterious answer was
  3167. a contradiction in terms.
  3168.  
  3169. her
  3170.  
  3171. did
  3172.  
  3173. shut
  3174. up.
  3175.  
  3176. quite
  3177.  
  3178. Oh, right, she's expecting me to blackmail her for
  3179. information about the prophecy.
  3180.  
  3181. far
  3182.  
  3183. That's
  3184.  
  3185. really?
  3186.  
  3187. very
  3188.  
  3189. whatsoever
  3190.  
  3191. another
  3192.  
  3193. possibly
  3194.  
  3195. that
  3196.  
  3197. ten
  3198.  
  3199. really
  3200.  
  3201. must
  3202.  
  3203. secret
  3204.  
  3205. not
  3206.  
  3207. competent
  3208.  
  3209. really
  3210.  
  3211. You're giving me a time machine to treat my sleep
  3212. disorder.
  3213.  
  3214. You're giving me a TIME MACHINE to treat my SLEEP
  3215. DISORDER.
  3216.  
  3217. YOU'RE <strong>GIVING ME A TIME MACHINE</strong> IN ORDER TO
  3218. <strong>TREAT MY SLEEP DISORDER</strong>.
  3219.  
  3220. begin
  3221.  
  3222. Say, Professor McGonagall, did you know that time-reversed
  3223. ordinary matter looks just like antimatter? Why yes it does! Did
  3224. you know that one kilogram of antimatter encountering one kilogram
  3225. of matter will annihilate in an explosion equivalent to 43 million
  3226. tons of TNT? Do you realise that I myself weigh 41 kilograms and
  3227. that the resulting blast would leave A GIANT SMOKING CRATER WHERE
  3228. THERE USED TO BE SCOTLAND?
  3229.  
  3230. really REALLY DANGEROUS!
  3231.  
  3232. that
  3233.  
  3234. was
  3235.  
  3236. not
  3237.  
  3238. not
  3239.  
  3240. not
  3241.  
  3242. can
  3243.  
  3244. that!
  3245.  
  3246. protective
  3247. shell
  3248.  
  3249. leaving the glass exposed
  3250.  
  3251. prevent that from happening
  3252.  
  3253. That's it, it's official now, they've ratified it in
  3254. Parliament, everyone in the wizarding world is completely
  3255. stupid.
  3256.  
  3257. PHILOSOPHICAL,
  3258.  
  3259. IMPLICATIONS
  3260.  
  3261. DELETE ALL THE PEOPLE AFFECTED
  3262.  
  3263. REPLACE THEM
  3264. WITH DIFFERENT VERSIONS -
  3265.  
  3266. change
  3267.  
  3268. that
  3269.  
  3270. are
  3271.  
  3272. ignores
  3273.  
  3274. that
  3275.  
  3276. THAT IS NOT REASSURING! HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF
  3277. THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE? AND WHAT IDIOT EVER BUILT ONE OF THESE
  3278. THINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME?
  3279.  
  3280. BEGIN
  3281.  
  3282. Simulacron 3
  3283.  
  3284. even
  3285. that is ruled out
  3286.  
  3287. ISN'T TURING
  3288. COMPUTABLE!
  3289.  
  3290. finally
  3291.  
  3292. SO THAT'S HOW THE COMED-TEA WORKS!
  3293.  
  3294. course!
  3295.  
  3296. force
  3297.  
  3298. feel an impulse to drink
  3299.  
  3300. didn't
  3301.  
  3302. BACKWARDS IN TIME!
  3303.  
  3304. second
  3305.  
  3306. must
  3307.  
  3308. was
  3309.  
  3310. earlier?
  3311.  
  3312. self-consistent
  3313.  
  3314. inconceivable.
  3315.  
  3316. nothing
  3317.  
  3318. to
  3319.  
  3320. never been
  3321.  
  3322. infinitely
  3323.  
  3324. not knowing
  3325. something
  3326.  
  3327. permanent
  3328.  
  3329. could
  3330.  
  3331. old-fashioned linear-time neurons,
  3332.  
  3333. merely
  3334.  
  3335. had
  3336.  
  3337. retrospect
  3338.  
  3339. half
  3340.  
  3341. pie
  3342.  
  3343. had
  3344.  
  3345. more
  3346.  
  3347. fait accompli,
  3348.  
  3349. some
  3350.  
  3351. future.
  3352.  
  3353. This is the Cloak of Invisibility of Ignotus Peverell,
  3354. passed down through his descendants the Potters. Unlike lesser
  3355. cloaks and spells it has the power to keep you <span style=
  3356. 'text-decoration:underline;'>hidden</span>, not merely invisible.
  3357. Your father lent it to me to study shortly before he died, and I
  3358. confess that I have received much good use of it over the
  3359. years.
  3360.  
  3361. In the future I shall have to get along with
  3362. Disillusionment, I fear. It is time the Cloak was returned to you,
  3363. its heir. I had thought to make this a Christmas present, but it
  3364. wished to come back to your hand before then. It seems to expect
  3365. you to have need of it. Use it well.
  3366.  
  3367. No doubt you are already thinking of all manner of wonderful
  3368. pranks, as your father committed in his day. If his full misdeeds
  3369. were known, every woman in Gryffindor would gather to desecrate his
  3370. grave. I shall not try to stop history from repeating, but be MOST
  3371. careful not to reveal yourself. If Dumbledore saw a chance to
  3372. possess one of the Deathly Hallows, he would never let it escape
  3373. his grasp until the day he died.
  3374.  
  3375. A Very Merry Christmas to you.
  3376.  
  3377. prefect.
  3378.  
  3379. instant
  3380.  
  3381. Especially
  3382.  
  3383. stop
  3384.  
  3385. that's if you
  3386. stay inside the castle.
  3387.  
  3388. all
  3389.  
  3390. originally?
  3391.  
  3392. everyone's
  3393.  
  3394. you
  3395.  
  3396. Oh wad some power the giftie gie us<br />
  3397. To see oursel's as others see us!<br />
  3398. It wad frae monie a blunder free us,<br />
  3399. And foolish notion -
  3400.  
  3401.  
  3402. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3403. CHAPTER 15 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/15
  3404. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3405.  
  3406. "I'm sure I'll find the time somewhere."
  3407.  
  3408. Frigideiro!
  3409.  
  3410. Frigideiro!
  3411.  
  3412. gypped.
  3413.  
  3414. refund
  3415.  
  3416. ought
  3417.  
  3418. defective.
  3419.  
  3420. Frigideiro!
  3421.  
  3422. very
  3423.  
  3424. her
  3425.  
  3426. him,
  3427.  
  3428. I don't care if it's unfair competition. I know exactly what
  3429. I am doing with two extra hours every day. I am going to sit in my
  3430. trunk and study until I am keeping up with Hermione
  3431. Granger.
  3432.  
  3433. not
  3434.  
  3435. Because a single error in Transfiguration can be incredibly
  3436. dangerous.
  3437.  
  3438. extremely put out
  3439.  
  3440. spoil
  3441. my record
  3442.  
  3443. know
  3444.  
  3445. imagine
  3446.  
  3447. maintaining
  3448.  
  3449. unrecoverable!
  3450.  
  3451. evaporates,
  3452.  
  3453. looks like
  3454.  
  3455. anywhere.
  3456.  
  3457. every single student?
  3458.  
  3459. Is that well understood by every single student?
  3460.  
  3461. war
  3462.  
  3463. above all
  3464.  
  3465. especially yourselves.
  3466.  
  3467. free
  3468.  
  3469. Crystferrium!
  3470.  
  3471. Crystferrium
  3472.  
  3473. Some
  3474.  
  3475. very start
  3476.  
  3477. free
  3478.  
  3479. limited
  3480.  
  3481. not
  3482.  
  3483. original
  3484.  
  3485. Yes
  3486.  
  3487. guessed
  3488.  
  3489. further
  3490.  
  3491. seem
  3492.  
  3493. not
  3494.  
  3495. seven
  3496.  
  3497. batted her eyelashes
  3498.  
  3499. Professor...
  3500.  
  3501. unquestionably
  3502.  
  3503. not
  3504.  
  3505. PROFESSOR!
  3506.  
  3507. our
  3508.  
  3509. next
  3510.  
  3511. lose
  3512.  
  3513. Professor!
  3514.  
  3515. one
  3516.  
  3517. three
  3518.  
  3519.  
  3520. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3521. CHAPTER 16 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/16
  3522. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3523.  
  3524. I'm not a psychopath, I'm just very creative.
  3525.  
  3526. this
  3527.  
  3528. different
  3529.  
  3530. have
  3531.  
  3532. Now what does that remind me of...?
  3533.  
  3534. you
  3535.  
  3536. That
  3537.  
  3538. you
  3539.  
  3540. minions
  3541.  
  3542. minions!
  3543.  
  3544. I
  3545.  
  3546. years
  3547.  
  3548. not
  3549.  
  3550. whole lives
  3551.  
  3552. years
  3553.  
  3554. do
  3555.  
  3556. each other
  3557.  
  3558. practising
  3559.  
  3560. "I told you not to do this in front of Harry
  3561. Potter!"
  3562.  
  3563. imbeciles
  3564.  
  3565. I
  3566.  
  3567. my
  3568.  
  3569. he
  3570.  
  3571. shut up
  3572.  
  3573. order
  3574.  
  3575. supposed
  3576.  
  3577. Gryffindorks!
  3578.  
  3579. they
  3580.  
  3581. Hufflepuffs,
  3582.  
  3583. Then
  3584.  
  3585. supposed
  3586.  
  3587. her
  3588.  
  3589. very
  3590.  
  3591. Oh, this is going to be
  3592.  
  3593. much fun to juggle, I
  3594. can already tell.
  3595.  
  3596. own
  3597.  
  3598. damn.
  3599.  
  3600. Ma-ha-su!
  3601.  
  3602. and
  3603.  
  3604. and
  3605.  
  3606. Ma-ha-su!
  3607.  
  3608. red bolt of energy
  3609.  
  3610. actually worked for him.
  3611.  
  3612. Ma-ha-su!
  3613.  
  3614. I CAN DO MAGIC! FEAR ME, LAWS
  3615. OF PHYSICS, I'M COMING TO VIOLATE YOU!
  3616.  
  3617. Ma-ha-su!
  3618.  
  3619. Magical Theory
  3620.  
  3621. Hermione
  3622. was still doing better
  3623.  
  3624. Magical Theory
  3625.  
  3626. not
  3627.  
  3628. Pick me, I'm
  3629. not afraid...
  3630.  
  3631. right
  3632.  
  3633. Mahasu!
  3634.  
  3635. now
  3636.  
  3637. that
  3638.  
  3639. me
  3640.  
  3641. Ha!
  3642.  
  3643. ordinary
  3644.  
  3645. something
  3646.  
  3647. Enough,
  3648.  
  3649. Wrong!
  3650.  
  3651. asked
  3652.  
  3653. you
  3654.  
  3655. kill.
  3656.  
  3657. killing the
  3658. enemy.
  3659.  
  3660. intent
  3661. to kill
  3662.  
  3663. purely
  3664.  
  3665. intent to kill
  3666.  
  3667. That is so completely
  3668. not what I am about!
  3669.  
  3670. will
  3671.  
  3672. obvious
  3673.  
  3674. Ma-ha-su!
  3675.  
  3676. really
  3677.  
  3678. WRONG<br />
  3679. DON'T<br />
  3680. BAD IDEA
  3681.  
  3682.  
  3683. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3684. CHAPTER 17 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/17
  3685. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3686.  
  3687. "You start to see the pattern, hear the rhythm of the
  3688. world."
  3689.  
  3690. truly brilliant
  3691.  
  3692. stable
  3693.  
  3694. just
  3695.  
  3696. more general
  3697.  
  3698. particular
  3699.  
  3700. broomsticks?
  3701.  
  3702. that
  3703.  
  3704. optimal
  3705.  
  3706. he
  3707.  
  3708. was
  3709.  
  3710. broomstick riding
  3711.  
  3712. had
  3713.  
  3714. If there is any hidden power in me, let it reveal itself
  3715. NOW!
  3716.  
  3717. flying instructor
  3718.  
  3719. Wingardium Leviosa!
  3720.  
  3721. again,
  3722.  
  3723. with
  3724.  
  3725. all
  3726.  
  3727. think
  3728.  
  3729. you're interfering with my plans, please shut
  3730. up.
  3731.  
  3732. expelled?
  3733.  
  3734. "That idiot!
  3735.  
  3736. Hey!
  3737.  
  3738. Give it
  3739. back!
  3740.  
  3741. Come and get it, Hufflepuffle!
  3742.  
  3743. can't!
  3744.  
  3745. weak!
  3746.  
  3747. father
  3748.  
  3749. moron!
  3750.  
  3751. Slytherslime
  3752.  
  3753. Wands out,
  3754. Hufflepuff!
  3755.  
  3756. Wands out, Slytherin!
  3757.  
  3758. Wands out, Gryffindor!
  3759.  
  3760. Do something, Potter!
  3761.  
  3762. I can't
  3763. be the one to stop this it has to be you! I'll owe you a favour
  3764. just think of something aren't you supposed to be
  3765. brilliant?
  3766.  
  3767. Wands out, Ravenclaw!
  3768.  
  3769. GREGORY GOYLE!"
  3770.  
  3771. . "I challenge you
  3772. to a contest for possession of Neville's Remembrall!"
  3773.  
  3774. that!
  3775.  
  3776. what?
  3777.  
  3778. wanted
  3779.  
  3780. what
  3781.  
  3782. I call upon the insanity of Hogwarts! Happy happy
  3783. boom boom swamp swamp swamp!
  3784.  
  3785. Merlin!
  3786.  
  3787. here!
  3788.  
  3789. What?
  3790.  
  3791. totally
  3792.  
  3793. another
  3794.  
  3795. Malfoy!
  3796.  
  3797. you
  3798.  
  3799. Good
  3800.  
  3801. is
  3802.  
  3803. yet
  3804.  
  3805. idiot
  3806.  
  3807. You are
  3808. not to use the Time-Turner in that fashion, Mr. Potter!
  3809.  
  3810. know
  3811.  
  3812. more
  3813.  
  3814. this
  3815.  
  3816. had to do it,
  3817.  
  3818. not
  3819.  
  3820. anonymous
  3821. Slytherin
  3822.  
  3823. is,
  3824.  
  3825. Then you should have picked wrestling!
  3826.  
  3827. lost
  3828.  
  3829. very
  3830.  
  3831. lot
  3832.  
  3833. Draco
  3834.  
  3835. had
  3836.  
  3837. that
  3838.  
  3839. win.
  3840.  
  3841. Plus you couldn't explain why you'd deducted the
  3842. points.
  3843.  
  3844. be
  3845.  
  3846. you must not finish that
  3847. sentence!
  3848.  
  3849. This isn't like you!
  3850.  
  3851. unbelievably
  3852.  
  3853. know
  3854.  
  3855. wrong
  3856.  
  3857. I certainly hope not.
  3858.  
  3859. catastrophic
  3860.  
  3861. anything
  3862.  
  3863. Such as first-year Ravenclaws who can't keep their mouths
  3864. shut.
  3865.  
  3866. then
  3867.  
  3868. today's
  3869.  
  3870. Now
  3871.  
  3872. Get out of my office!
  3873.  
  3874. Happy happy boom boom swamp swamp swamp?
  3875.  
  3876. revolving
  3877.  
  3878. thunk.
  3879.  
  3880. He's never hurt a student, just keep remembering that and
  3881. you'll be sure not to panic.
  3882.  
  3883. Does slipping a student
  3884. LSD count as hurting them, or does that fall into the category of
  3885. harmless fun?
  3886.  
  3887. Why?
  3888.  
  3889. why
  3890.  
  3891. absolutely refused
  3892.  
  3893. only
  3894.  
  3895. If
  3896. Dumbledore saw a chance to possess one of the Deathly Hallows he
  3897. would never let it escape his grasp.
  3898.  
  3899. ...
  3900.  
  3901. before
  3902.  
  3903. one
  3904.  
  3905. an
  3906.  
  3907. the
  3908.  
  3909. need
  3910.  
  3911. don't
  3912.  
  3913. Draco Malfoy!
  3914.  
  3915. what?
  3916.  
  3917. me!
  3918.  
  3919. And
  3920.  
  3921. everyone
  3922.  
  3923. undignified.
  3924.  
  3925. Duck Soup,
  3926.  
  3927. that
  3928.  
  3929. Tolkien
  3930.  
  3931. Gandalf
  3932.  
  3933. Muggleborn?
  3934.  
  3935. The
  3936. Lord of the Rings
  3937.  
  3938. You cannot pass!
  3939.  
  3940. was
  3941.  
  3942. magical
  3943.  
  3944. probably
  3945.  
  3946. wasn't
  3947.  
  3948. embarrassing
  3949.  
  3950. do
  3951.  
  3952. why
  3953.  
  3954. is
  3955.  
  3956. most
  3957.  
  3958. locating
  3959.  
  3960. promote him to their attention
  3961.  
  3962. locating
  3963.  
  3964. proof
  3965.  
  3966. hint
  3967.  
  3968. not allowed.
  3969.  
  3970. Unless
  3971.  
  3972. hint
  3973.  
  3974. do
  3975.  
  3976. other
  3977.  
  3978. owned
  3979. another rock?
  3980.  
  3981. am
  3982.  
  3983. I
  3984.  
  3985. is
  3986.  
  3987. Intermediate Potion Making
  3988.  
  3989. Which holds a terrible secret
  3990.  
  3991. did
  3992.  
  3993. Do
  3994.  
  3995. potion of eagle's splendour,
  3996.  
  3997. I wonder
  3998. what would happen if you used Thestral blood here instead of
  3999. blueberries?
  4000.  
  4001. You'd get sick for weeks and maybe die.
  4002.  
  4003. this
  4004.  
  4005. was,
  4006.  
  4007. hated
  4008.  
  4009. He's never hurt a student,
  4010.  
  4011. Just keep remembering that and you'll be sure not to
  4012. panic. You're not going to run away just because things are getting
  4013. interesting, are you?
  4014.  
  4015. You can't just walk out on the Headmaster!
  4016.  
  4017. What if he starts deducting House points? He
  4018. could make your school life very difficult if he decides he doesn't
  4019. like you!
  4020.  
  4021. poor fellow, he looks like he needs someone to talk
  4022. to, doesn't he?
  4023.  
  4024. you wouldn't want such a powerful man
  4025. to end up trusting someone less virtuous, would you?
  4026.  
  4027. I
  4028. wonder what sort of incredible secrets Dumbledore could tell you
  4029. if, you know, you became friends with him
  4030.  
  4031. I bet
  4032. he's got a reaallly interesting book collection.
  4033.  
  4034. You're all a bunch of lunatics,
  4035.  
  4036. am
  4037.  
  4038. this
  4039.  
  4040. this
  4041.  
  4042. Say something intelligent!
  4043.  
  4044. Don't just stand there sounding like a gibbering
  4045. moron!
  4046.  
  4047. Well what the heck am I
  4048.  
  4049. to say?
  4050.  
  4051. Anything!
  4052.  
  4053. You mean, anything besides "Fawkes is a chicken" -
  4054.  
  4055. Yes! Anything but that!
  4056.  
  4057. You're sounding like a gibbering moron again
  4058.  
  4059. that doesn't even make sense! What am I
  4060. talking about?
  4061.  
  4062. parents,
  4063.  
  4064. SHUT UP YOU IDIOT HE'LL TAKE YOU AWAY FROM THEM!
  4065.  
  4066. Talk fast
  4067.  
  4068. that
  4069.  
  4070. Just GO before he sets you on fire!
  4071.  
  4072. not
  4073.  
  4074. Alohomora
  4075. -
  4076.  
  4077. What were you doing in the Headmaster's
  4078. office?"
  4079.  
  4080. "Were you talking about the Defence Professor?"
  4081.  
  4082. sane
  4083.  
  4084. am
  4085.  
  4086. can
  4087.  
  4088. small
  4089.  
  4090. really -
  4091.  
  4092. Professor McGonagall the Headmaster set fire to a
  4093. chicken!"
  4094.  
  4095. wha-
  4096.  
  4097.  
  4098. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  4099. CHAPTER 18 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/18
  4100. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  4101.  
  4102. "That does sound like the sort of thing I would do, doesn't
  4103. it?"
  4104.  
  4105. dragons?
  4106.  
  4107. that
  4108.  
  4109. even if they
  4110. died?
  4111.  
  4112. occurred
  4113.  
  4114. Dungeons!
  4115.  
  4116. basement!
  4117.  
  4118. Hogwarts!
  4119.  
  4120. Hogwarts!
  4121.  
  4122. still
  4123.  
  4124. on the face of the Earth
  4125.  
  4126. looked
  4127.  
  4128. be
  4129.  
  4130. celebrity.
  4131.  
  4132. sir
  4133.  
  4134. him
  4135.  
  4136. Magical Drafts and
  4137. Potions
  4138.  
  4139. does
  4140.  
  4141. say
  4142.  
  4143. pathetic
  4144.  
  4145. fascinating
  4146.  
  4147. One
  4148. Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi.
  4149.  
  4150. are
  4151.  
  4152. That's
  4153.  
  4154. joking
  4155.  
  4156. chatting
  4157.  
  4158. you
  4159.  
  4160. Sit down, Potter!
  4161.  
  4162. Harry don't!
  4163.  
  4164. mad?
  4165.  
  4166. Silencio,
  4167.  
  4168. couldn't think
  4169. of any way to save himself -
  4170.  
  4171. Tut, tut. Fame clearly isn't everything.
  4172.  
  4173. Ten points from Ravenclaw for backchat.
  4174.  
  4175. everyone's
  4176.  
  4177. himself.
  4178.  
  4179. So this is my dark side, is it?
  4180.  
  4181. Bit of a prejudiced
  4182. term that, my light side seems more selfish and cowardly, not to
  4183. mention confused and panicky.
  4184.  
  4185. Harry,
  4186.  
  4187. you promised
  4188. you wouldn't bite any teachers!
  4189.  
  4190. I said I wouldn't bite
  4191. anyone who didn't bite me first!
  4192.  
  4193. You allowed this abuser to run free? You did this
  4194. to your students? Why?
  4195.  
  4196. you
  4197.  
  4198. lese majeste
  4199.  
  4200. is
  4201.  
  4202. part of the pattern
  4203.  
  4204. This grows private. Now send him
  4205.  
  4206. What in Merlin's name are you on about, Potter?
  4207.  
  4208. are
  4209.  
  4210. are
  4211.  
  4212. fully
  4213.  
  4214. you
  4215.  
  4216. my
  4217.  
  4218. my
  4219.  
  4220. Mr. Dumbledore
  4221.  
  4222. Nazgul
  4223.  
  4224. me
  4225.  
  4226. Have you
  4227. forgotten how defenseless children are? How much they hurt?
  4228.  
  4229. every
  4230.  
  4231. course
  4232.  
  4233. What?
  4234.  
  4235. What?
  4236.  
  4237. does
  4238.  
  4239. What?
  4240.  
  4241. have
  4242.  
  4243. was
  4244.  
  4245. must
  4246.  
  4247. everyone...
  4248.  
  4249. tremendous.
  4250.  
  4251. you
  4252.  
  4253. her
  4254.  
  4255. What
  4256.  
  4257. that?
  4258.  
  4259. No!
  4260.  
  4261. need
  4262.  
  4263. safe
  4264.  
  4265. This isn't fair!
  4266.  
  4267. hated
  4268.  
  4269. didn't
  4270.  
  4271. Fair,
  4272.  
  4273. two reports
  4274.  
  4275. two successive days!
  4276.  
  4277. extremely
  4278.  
  4279. Quietus!
  4280.  
  4281. all
  4282.  
  4283. Scourgify!
  4284.  
  4285.  
  4286. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  4287. CHAPTER 19 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/19
  4288. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  4289.  
  4290. shut up.
  4291.  
  4292. Talk about Snape,
  4293.  
  4294. What did you
  4295. do?
  4296.  
  4297. Harry! Stop teasing me!
  4298.  
  4299. Harry
  4300.  
  4301. is
  4302.  
  4303. wanted
  4304.  
  4305. me!
  4306.  
  4307. Interesting.
  4308.  
  4309. very
  4310.  
  4311. entirely
  4312.  
  4313. do
  4314.  
  4315. mine!
  4316.  
  4317. I'm
  4318.  
  4319. How did I get
  4320.  
  4321. promoted? Shouldn't he hate me
  4322. now?
  4323.  
  4324. go
  4325.  
  4326. particular
  4327.  
  4328. I knew it!
  4329.  
  4330. wrong
  4331.  
  4332. Gryffindor
  4333.  
  4334. that
  4335.  
  4336. lot
  4337.  
  4338. next
  4339.  
  4340. had
  4341.  
  4342. next
  4343.  
  4344. really
  4345.  
  4346. very
  4347.  
  4348. you've got
  4349. the secret!
  4350.  
  4351. got
  4352.  
  4353. years!
  4354.  
  4355. I
  4356.  
  4357. My beloved
  4358. son: I've already told you of Harry Potter's potential importance.
  4359. As you have already realized, his importance has now become greater
  4360. and more urgent. If you see any possible avenue of friendship or
  4361. point of pressure with him, you must pursue it, and the full
  4362. resources of Malfoy are at your disposal if needed.
  4363.  
  4364. very
  4365.  
  4366. seem
  4367.  
  4368. incredible
  4369.  
  4370. you really need an advisor who knows how
  4371. to do this or you're going to get hurt!
  4372.  
  4373. me!
  4374.  
  4375. everyone,
  4376.  
  4377. do
  4378.  
  4379. hurry
  4380. up
  4381.  
  4382. Soon
  4383.  
  4384. not
  4385.  
  4386. weak
  4387.  
  4388. knows that
  4389.  
  4390. Protego.
  4391.  
  4392. I
  4393.  
  4394. I
  4395.  
  4396. is
  4397.  
  4398. I
  4399.  
  4400. I
  4401.  
  4402. Great.
  4403.  
  4404. term,
  4405.  
  4406. Avada Kedavra,
  4407.  
  4408. not
  4409.  
  4410. that
  4411.  
  4412. first
  4413.  
  4414. if,
  4415.  
  4416. if
  4417.  
  4418. stupid
  4419.  
  4420. Ravenclaw
  4421.  
  4422. Dark!
  4423.  
  4424. not
  4425.  
  4426. must
  4427.  
  4428. dojo,
  4429.  
  4430. dan
  4431.  
  4432. flying through
  4433. the air
  4434.  
  4435. dojo
  4436.  
  4437. dojo
  4438.  
  4439. dojo
  4440.  
  4441. Yikes.
  4442.  
  4443. dojo
  4444.  
  4445. not
  4446.  
  4447. dojo
  4448.  
  4449. not
  4450.  
  4451. precisely
  4452.  
  4453. not
  4454.  
  4455. Hogwarts professor
  4456.  
  4457. escalated,
  4458.  
  4459. again.
  4460.  
  4461. had
  4462.  
  4463. Frighteningly
  4464.  
  4465. exactly
  4466.  
  4467. next
  4468.  
  4469. all
  4470.  
  4471. lie.
  4472.  
  4473. losing
  4474.  
  4475. next
  4476.  
  4477. not
  4478.  
  4479. not
  4480.  
  4481. pretend
  4482.  
  4483. plan
  4484.  
  4485. is
  4486.  
  4487. you
  4488.  
  4489. pretending
  4490.  
  4491. please
  4492.  
  4493. stop
  4494.  
  4495. am
  4496.  
  4497. also
  4498.  
  4499. tickle
  4500.  
  4501. why
  4502.  
  4503. You don't have to do this!
  4504.  
  4505. that
  4506.  
  4507. desire to appear friendly
  4508.  
  4509. You
  4510.  
  4511. Surely
  4512.  
  4513. afterward
  4514.  
  4515. Yes,
  4516.  
  4517. it must be in
  4518. front of everyone, in front of your friends, because that is where
  4519. Snape confronted you and that is where you must learn to
  4520. lose.
  4521.  
  4522. I will not go for their eyes, I will not go for their eyes,
  4523. I will not go for their eyes, it would be the end of my life in
  4524. Hogwarts, I'll be arrested,
  4525.  
  4526. not
  4527.  
  4528. accidents
  4529.  
  4530. sound
  4531.  
  4532. had
  4533.  
  4534. lesson.
  4535.  
  4536. fun,
  4537.  
  4538. Defense Professor
  4539.  
  4540. had
  4541.  
  4542. had
  4543.  
  4544. Enough!
  4545.  
  4546. could
  4547. have put Slytherin House in jeopardy
  4548.  
  4549. who knows how
  4550. many allies in this school alone
  4551.  
  4552. total lack of
  4553. awareness, never mind cunning
  4554.  
  4555. dull thugs, useful for
  4556. nothing but lackeys
  4557.  
  4558. had
  4559.  
  4560. thinkable
  4561.  
  4562. always
  4563.  
  4564. is
  4565.  
  4566. you
  4567.  
  4568. me
  4569.  
  4570. extraordinary
  4571.  
  4572. wrong
  4573.  
  4574. should
  4575.  
  4576. keep going
  4577.  
  4578. Huzzah!
  4579.  
  4580. Huzzah!
  4581.  
  4582. Huzzah!
  4583.  
  4584. you
  4585.  
  4586. right now
  4587.  
  4588.  
  4589. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  4590. CHAPTER 20 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/20
  4591. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  4592.  
  4593. this
  4594.  
  4595. earned
  4596.  
  4597. switch off.
  4598.  
  4599. begin
  4600.  
  4601. now
  4602.  
  4603. wonder
  4604.  
  4605. Understand that the Dark Lord did not win that day. His goal
  4606. was to learn martial arts, and yet he left without a single
  4607. lesson.
  4608.  
  4609. What on Earth is that about? Is it what's going to get him
  4610. fired eventually?
  4611.  
  4612. Does Professor Quirrell feel it too?
  4613.  
  4614. I have a mysterious dark side.
  4615.  
  4616. convince
  4617.  
  4618. I can't believe this! You can't have every possible
  4619. observation confirm your theory!
  4620.  
  4621. trifle
  4622.  
  4623. What on Earth do I have to do to convince you?
  4624.  
  4625. improbable
  4626.  
  4627. less
  4628.  
  4629. role to play
  4630.  
  4631. resembles on the surface,
  4632.  
  4633. Sometimes we make our own phoenix song.
  4634.  
  4635. not
  4636.  
  4637. was
  4638.  
  4639. have
  4640.  
  4641. Ravenclaw!
  4642.  
  4643. was
  4644.  
  4645. predictable
  4646.  
  4647. Professor Quirrell -
  4648.  
  4649. want
  4650.  
  4651. helpless
  4652.  
  4653. Thou shalt
  4654. not become a Dark Lord
  4655.  
  4656. want
  4657.  
  4658. but
  4659.  
  4660. act
  4661.  
  4662. more
  4663.  
  4664. that
  4665.  
  4666. Atlas Shrugged.
  4667.  
  4668. have
  4669.  
  4670. huge
  4671.  
  4672. good people,
  4673.  
  4674. impulse to
  4675. kindness
  4676.  
  4677. is
  4678.  
  4679. sure
  4680.  
  4681. scientist?
  4682.  
  4683. Science!
  4684.  
  4685. scientist!
  4686.  
  4687. wrong
  4688.  
  4689. is
  4690.  
  4691. Yes
  4692.  
  4693. do not share
  4694.  
  4695. fool
  4696.  
  4697. we
  4698.  
  4699. were
  4700.  
  4701. hidden
  4702.  
  4703. do
  4704.  
  4705. looked
  4706.  
  4707. QUIRINUS! HOW DARE YOU!
  4708.  
  4709. None
  4710.  
  4711. WHAM.
  4712.  
  4713. Mr. Potter!
  4714.  
  4715. Headmaster of Hogwarts
  4716.  
  4717. what are you talking about?
  4718.  
  4719. You lunatic, after today of all days do you really think I
  4720. -
  4721.  
  4722. that
  4723.  
  4724. last
  4725.  
  4726. Ah-hem!
  4727.  
  4728. What?
  4729.  
  4730. You - !
  4731.  
  4732. You should have asked first!
  4733.  
  4734. you
  4735.  
  4736. you
  4737.  
  4738. extremely
  4739.  
  4740. you
  4741.  
  4742. was
  4743.  
  4744. already
  4745.  
  4746. whole
  4747.  
  4748. all
  4749.  
  4750. Precisely
  4751.  
  4752. really
  4753.  
  4754. Harry
  4755.  
  4756. Star
  4757. Wars?
  4758.  
  4759. ghost
  4760.  
  4761. didn't know
  4762.  
  4763. have
  4764.  
  4765. thank you.
  4766.  
  4767. everything
  4768.  
  4769.  
  4770. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  4771. CHAPTER 21 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/21
  4772. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  4773.  
  4774. couldn't
  4775.  
  4776. herself
  4777.  
  4778. too much fun
  4779.  
  4780. real
  4781.  
  4782. smart
  4783.  
  4784. real
  4785.  
  4786. how much
  4787.  
  4788. winning
  4789.  
  4790. so much
  4791.  
  4792. more fun
  4793.  
  4794. courting
  4795.  
  4796. that.
  4797.  
  4798. enjoyed
  4799.  
  4800. in
  4801.  
  4802. talked
  4803.  
  4804. Professor Snape
  4805.  
  4806. except
  4807.  
  4808. squishing
  4809.  
  4810. That
  4811.  
  4812. That
  4813.  
  4814. whole school
  4815.  
  4816. dancing
  4817.  
  4818. A History of Magic
  4819.  
  4820. anyone
  4821.  
  4822. just like him
  4823.  
  4824. already finished reading
  4825.  
  4826. You lost!
  4827.  
  4828. did!
  4829.  
  4830. lost our contest!
  4831.  
  4832. Do you realize what kind of week I've had?
  4833.  
  4834. You
  4835.  
  4836. someone
  4837.  
  4838. planning fallacy.
  4839.  
  4840. hard
  4841.  
  4842. him
  4843.  
  4844. Homo sapiens
  4845.  
  4846. What?
  4847.  
  4848. What?
  4849.  
  4850. more carefully
  4851.  
  4852. realize
  4853.  
  4854. should
  4855.  
  4856. exactly
  4857.  
  4858. lose time
  4859.  
  4860. would
  4861.  
  4862. lost
  4863.  
  4864. could
  4865.  
  4866. first
  4867.  
  4868. And when I call that favor due, you will pay
  4869. it.
  4870.  
  4871. faux pas
  4872.  
  4873. mine
  4874.  
  4875. my
  4876.  
  4877. cunning
  4878.  
  4879. There will be no second date,
  4880.  
  4881. was
  4882.  
  4883. actual words
  4884.  
  4885. did
  4886.  
  4887. finally
  4888.  
  4889. learn how to
  4890. lose
  4891.  
  4892. learning,
  4893.  
  4894. do
  4895.  
  4896. crowded week
  4897.  
  4898. right
  4899.  
  4900. can't
  4901.  
  4902. always
  4903.  
  4904. wrong answer
  4905.  
  4906. rationalization
  4907.  
  4908. therefore,
  4909.  
  4910. real
  4911.  
  4912. choose which trunk to argue
  4913. for
  4914.  
  4915. can't
  4916.  
  4917. deciding which side to argue
  4918.  
  4919. convincing
  4920.  
  4921. politics!
  4922.  
  4923. finding out the way Nature really is that can't be changed by
  4924. arguing!
  4925.  
  4926. can
  4927.  
  4928. how blood
  4929. really works,
  4930.  
  4931. Stronger!
  4932.  
  4933. sort
  4934.  
  4935. stronger?
  4936.  
  4937. me
  4938.  
  4939. personally
  4940.  
  4941. you
  4942.  
  4943. don't know
  4944.  
  4945. would?
  4946.  
  4947. I
  4948.  
  4949. Yes!
  4950.  
  4951. anyone
  4952.  
  4953. Excellent
  4954.  
  4955. easy?
  4956.  
  4957. way
  4958.  
  4959. already
  4960.  
  4961. that
  4962.  
  4963. No,
  4964.  
  4965. must not
  4966.  
  4967. really
  4968.  
  4969. start out
  4970.  
  4971. didn't
  4972.  
  4973. enemy
  4974.  
  4975. their
  4976.  
  4977. we
  4978.  
  4979. We
  4980.  
  4981. own
  4982.  
  4983. all
  4984.  
  4985. any
  4986.  
  4987. was
  4988.  
  4989. just thinking
  4990.  
  4991. for
  4992.  
  4993. stupid!
  4994.  
  4995. "Forget I said anything,
  4996.  
  4997. fast
  4998.  
  4999. thinking?
  5000.  
  5001. smart!
  5002.  
  5003. Bayesian Conspiracy
  5004.  
  5005. last
  5006.  
  5007. Friday
  5008.  
  5009. Occlumency: The Hidden Arte.
  5010.  
  5011. My, you do get yourself into trouble and quickly. Your
  5012. father was no match for you.
  5013.  
  5014. You have made a powerful enemy. Snape commands the loyalty,
  5015. admiration, and fear of all House Slytherin. You cannot trust any
  5016. of that House now, whether they come to you in friendly guise or
  5017. fearsome.
  5018.  
  5019. From now on you must not meet Snape's eyes. He is a
  5020. Legilimens and can read your mind if you do. I have enclosed a book
  5021. which may help you learn to protect yourself, though there is only
  5022. so far you can get without a tutor. Still you may hope to at least
  5023. detect intrusion.
  5024.  
  5025. So that you may find some extra time in which to study
  5026. Occlumency, I have enclosed 2 Galleons, which is the price of
  5027. answer sheets and homework for the first-year History of Magic
  5028. class (Professor Binns having given the same tests and same
  5029. assignments every year since he died). Your newfound friends the
  5030. Weasley twins should be able to sell you a copy. It goes without
  5031. saying that you must not get caught with it in your
  5032. possession.
  5033.  
  5034. Of Professor Quirrell I know little. He is a Slytherin and a
  5035. Defense Professor, and that is two marks against him. Consider
  5036. carefully any advice he gives you, and tell him nothing you do not
  5037. wish known.
  5038.  
  5039. Dumbledore only pretends to be insane. He is extremely
  5040. intelligent, and if you continue to step into closets and vanish,
  5041. he will certainly deduce your possession of an invisibility cloak
  5042. if he has not done so already. Avoid him whenever possible, hide
  5043. the Cloak of Invisibility somewhere safe (NOT your pouch) any time
  5044. you cannot avoid him, and step with great care in his
  5045. presence.
  5046.  
  5047. Please be more careful in the future, Harry Potter.
  5048.  
  5049. - Santa Claus
  5050.  
  5051. did
  5052.  
  5053. compared stories
  5054.  
  5055. combined
  5056.  
  5057. both
  5058.  
  5059. exactly one week
  5060.  
  5061. seemed possible...
  5062.  
  5063. Not enough interesting things had happened to him over the
  5064. last week.
  5065.  
  5066. grand finale...
  5067.  
  5068. anyway
  5069.  
  5070. we
  5071.  
  5072. HE IS COMING
  5073.  
  5074. THE ONE WHO WILL
  5075. TEAR APART THE VERY -
  5076.  
  5077. prophecy!
  5078.  
  5079. you!
  5080.  
  5081. It's not
  5082. about me! Obviously! I'm not coming here, I'm already
  5083. here!
  5084.  
  5085. is
  5086.  
  5087. wasn't
  5088.  
  5089. what?
  5090.  
  5091. really
  5092.  
  5093. not
  5094.  
  5095. really long week
  5096.  
  5097. every week without fail
  5098.  
  5099. Let's
  5100. see...
  5101.  
  5102. Frigideiro
  5103.  
  5104. Dear Mum and Dad:
  5105.  
  5106. Hogwarts is lots of fun. I learned how to violate the Second
  5107. Law of Thermodynamics in Charms class, and I met a girl named
  5108. Hermione Granger who reads faster than I do.
  5109.  
  5110. I'd better leave it at that.
  5111.  
  5112. Your loving son,<br />
  5113. Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres.
  5114.  
  5115.  
  5116. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  5117. CHAPTER 22 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/22
  5118. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  5119.  
  5120. Something, somewhere, somewhen,
  5121. must have happened differently...
  5122.  
  5123. Godel, Escher, Bach
  5124.  
  5125. Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
  5126.  
  5127. The Feynman Lectures on Physics.
  5128.  
  5129. Some notes:
  5130.  
  5131. often
  5132.  
  5133. And now, back to your regularly
  5134. scheduled fic...
  5135.  
  5136. a
  5137.  
  5138. all
  5139.  
  5140. if
  5141.  
  5142. seriously,
  5143.  
  5144. within
  5145.  
  5146. not
  5147.  
  5148. Oogely boogely!
  5149.  
  5150. still wasn't glowing.
  5151.  
  5152. mortal
  5153.  
  5154. oo,
  5155.  
  5156. eh,
  5157.  
  5158. ee
  5159.  
  5160. Oogely boogely!
  5161.  
  5162. Oogely boogely!
  5163.  
  5164. Seriously?
  5165.  
  5166. seriously
  5167.  
  5168. Oogely boogely
  5169.  
  5170. oo,
  5171.  
  5172. eh,
  5173.  
  5174. ee
  5175.  
  5176. Why? Why? For the love of all that is
  5177. sacred, why?
  5178.  
  5179. AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGHHHH!
  5180.  
  5181. Thud. Thud. Thud.
  5182.  
  5183. really
  5184.  
  5185. have
  5186.  
  5187. you
  5188.  
  5189. Reality,
  5190.  
  5191. is that
  5192. which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
  5193.  
  5194. didn't
  5195.  
  5196. without
  5197.  
  5198. certainly
  5199.  
  5200. you thought
  5201.  
  5202. entirely
  5203.  
  5204. exactly right
  5205.  
  5206. did
  5207.  
  5208. forced you to
  5209. concentrate on the spell
  5210.  
  5211. wouldn't
  5212.  
  5213. other
  5214.  
  5215. yourself.
  5216.  
  5217. didn't know
  5218.  
  5219. irrelevant
  5220.  
  5221. only
  5222.  
  5223. Thud. Thud. Thud.
  5224.  
  5225. did
  5226.  
  5227. you
  5228.  
  5229. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
  5230.  
  5231. not
  5232.  
  5233. no way
  5234.  
  5235. intent to
  5236. laugh
  5237.  
  5238. worse.
  5239.  
  5240. going
  5241.  
  5242. whole long lecture
  5243.  
  5244. thirty-five years
  5245.  
  5246. right!
  5247.  
  5248. is
  5249.  
  5250. Drop dead.
  5251.  
  5252. Thud. Thud. Thud.
  5253.  
  5254. great
  5255.  
  5256. very first test
  5257.  
  5258. one
  5259.  
  5260. someone
  5261.  
  5262. whole lot of
  5263. effort
  5264.  
  5265. Thud.
  5266.  
  5267. carp,
  5268.  
  5269. Don't ask
  5270.  
  5271. He couldn't have gone on another date, could he?
  5272.  
  5273. really
  5274.  
  5275. hadn't
  5276.  
  5277. knew
  5278.  
  5279. me
  5280.  
  5281. don't,
  5282.  
  5283. had
  5284.  
  5285. you
  5286.  
  5287. them
  5288.  
  5289. you?
  5290.  
  5291. take all the fun out of
  5292. life.
  5293.  
  5294. you
  5295.  
  5296. Dark
  5297. Lord
  5298.  
  5299. exactly
  5300.  
  5301. Everyone
  5302.  
  5303. instinct,
  5304.  
  5305. actually care,
  5306.  
  5307. no use
  5308.  
  5309. I
  5310. don't own a pet snake.
  5311.  
  5312. I
  5313.  
  5314. brain
  5315.  
  5316. She's just a mudblood! Why do you respect her that
  5317. much?
  5318.  
  5319. She's a power among Ravenclaws! Why do you care what some
  5320. powerless idiot in Slytherin thinks?
  5321.  
  5322. It's called politics! And if you can't play it you can't
  5323. have power!
  5324.  
  5325. Walking on the moon is power! Being a great wizard is
  5326. power! There are kinds of power that don't require me to spend the
  5327. rest of my life pandering to morons!
  5328.  
  5329. should
  5330.  
  5331. me
  5332.  
  5333. had
  5334.  
  5335. Daily Prophet,
  5336.  
  5337. Daily
  5338. Prophet
  5339.  
  5340. see,
  5341.  
  5342. can't
  5343.  
  5344. newspaper
  5345.  
  5346. Frigideiro!
  5347.  
  5348. Frigideiro! Frigideiro! Frigideiro! Frigideiro!
  5349. Frigideiro!
  5350.  
  5351. find out
  5352.  
  5353. disproving
  5354.  
  5355. he
  5356.  
  5357. not
  5358.  
  5359. nodded
  5360.  
  5361. couldn't fight
  5362. without an opponent,
  5363.  
  5364. Wizards have gotten
  5365. weaker because house elves are stealing our magic
  5366.  
  5367. had
  5368.  
  5369. couldn't
  5370.  
  5371. obvious
  5372.  
  5373. real
  5374. fight,
  5375.  
  5376. really
  5377.  
  5378. true
  5379.  
  5380. would
  5381.  
  5382. how blood really worked
  5383.  
  5384. really win
  5385.  
  5386. him
  5387.  
  5388. really
  5389.  
  5390. surely
  5391.  
  5392. wrong
  5393.  
  5394. appear
  5395.  
  5396. ever
  5397.  
  5398. fun.
  5399.  
  5400. On the Heritability of Magical
  5401. Ability
  5402.  
  5403. Dr. H. J. Potter-Evans-Verres,
  5404. Institute for Sufficiently Advanced Science
  5405.  
  5406. My observation:
  5407.  
  5408. Today's wizards can't do things
  5409. as impressive as<br />
  5410. what wizards used to do 800 years ago.
  5411.  
  5412. My conclusion:
  5413.  
  5414. Wizardkind has become weaker by
  5415. mixing<br />
  5416. their blood with Muggleborns and Squibs.
  5417.  
  5418. Journal of Irreproducible Results
  5419.  
  5420. therefore
  5421.  
  5422. too
  5423.  
  5424. On the Heritability of Magical
  5425. Ability,
  5426.  
  5427. House
  5428. elves are stealing our magic?
  5429.  
  5430. are
  5431.  
  5432. did
  5433.  
  5434. Dr. Malfoy.
  5435.  
  5436. I didn't think of
  5437. that!
  5438.  
  5439. Damn, damn, damn!
  5440.  
  5441. safe,
  5442.  
  5443. safe,
  5444.  
  5445. What do we
  5446. do?
  5447.  
  5448. Let me think!
  5449.  
  5450. Muggles
  5451.  
  5452. Damn it!
  5453.  
  5454. yourself?
  5455.  
  5456. We have to figure out the real truth!
  5457.  
  5458. might
  5459.  
  5460. don't
  5461.  
  5462. really
  5463.  
  5464. our wands will break in our hands
  5465.  
  5466. meant
  5467.  
  5468. him
  5469.  
  5470. Just a stick of
  5471. wood.
  5472.  
  5473. everyone
  5474.  
  5475. understood
  5476.  
  5477. anyway
  5478.  
  5479. family
  5480.  
  5481. nothing...
  5482.  
  5483. can't
  5484.  
  5485. fair
  5486.  
  5487. If magic is fading out of the world, I want to believe
  5488. that magic is fading out of the world. If magic is not fading out
  5489. of the world, I want not to believe that magic is fading out of the
  5490. world. Let me not become attached to beliefs I may not want.
  5491.  
  5492. that's what
  5493. we have to believe,
  5494.  
  5495. only
  5496.  
  5497. actually
  5498.  
  5499. What's true is already so, owning up to it doesn't make it
  5500. worse.
  5501.  
  5502. What's
  5503. true is already so, owning up to it doesn't make it worse.
  5504.  
  5505. not
  5506.  
  5507. First
  5508.  
  5509. <span style=
  5510. 'text-decoration:underline;'>Observation:</span>
  5511.  
  5512. Wizardry isn't as powerful now as it was when Hogwarts was
  5513. founded.
  5514.  
  5515. <span style=
  5516. 'text-decoration:underline;'>Hypotheses:</span>
  5517.  
  5518. 1. Magic itself is fading.<br />
  5519. 2. Wizards are interbreeding with Muggles and Squibs.<br />
  5520. 3. Knowledge to cast powerful spells is being lost.
  5521.  
  5522. <br />
  5523. 4. Wizards are eating the wrong foods as children, or something
  5524. else besides blood is making them grow up weaker.<br />
  5525. 5. Muggle technology is interfering with magic. (Since 800 years
  5526. ago?)<br />
  5527. 6. Stronger wizards are having fewer children. (Draco = only child?
  5528. Check if 3 powerful wizards, Quirrell / Dumbledore / Dark Lord, had
  5529. any children.)
  5530.  
  5531. <span style=
  5532. 'text-decoration:underline;'>Tests:</span>
  5533.  
  5534. everyone.
  5535.  
  5536. I
  5537.  
  5538. about
  5539.  
  5540. Wizards wake up and find that their wands are sticks of
  5541. wood...
  5542.  
  5543. Tests:
  5544.  
  5545. A. Are there spells we know but can't cast (1 or 2) or are
  5546. the lost spells no longer known (3)?
  5547.  
  5548. difference.
  5549.  
  5550. single
  5551.  
  5552. weak
  5553.  
  5554. combine
  5555.  
  5556. B. Did ancient first-year students cast the same sort of
  5557. spells, with the same power, as now? (Weak evidence for 1 over 2,
  5558. but blood could also be losing powerful wizardry only.)
  5559.  
  5560. C. Additional test that distinguishes 1 and 2 using
  5561. scientific knowledge of blood, will explain later.
  5562.  
  5563. more
  5564.  
  5565. every
  5566.  
  5567. all
  5568.  
  5569. any
  5570.  
  5571. all
  5572.  
  5573. go!
  5574.  
  5575.  
  5576. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  5577. CHAPTER 23 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/23
  5578. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  5579.  
  5580. their
  5581.  
  5582. their
  5583.  
  5584. advance.
  5585.  
  5586. before
  5587.  
  5588. see
  5589.  
  5590. lot
  5591.  
  5592. little
  5593.  
  5594. all ten
  5595.  
  5596. see
  5597.  
  5598. lot
  5599.  
  5600. and
  5601.  
  5602. But,
  5603.  
  5604. one
  5605.  
  5606. single
  5607.  
  5608. one
  5609.  
  5610. one
  5611.  
  5612. inherently
  5613.  
  5614. isn't
  5615.  
  5616. brilliant.
  5617.  
  5618. It's the sort of dumb question you'd only ask in the first
  5619. place if you'd been raised by Muggles.
  5620.  
  5621. were
  5622.  
  5623. on
  5624.  
  5625. <span style=
  5626. 'text-decoration:underline;'>Observation:</span>
  5627.  
  5628. Wizardry isn't as powerful now as it was when Hogwarts was
  5629. founded.
  5630.  
  5631. <span style=
  5632. 'text-decoration:underline;'>Hypotheses:</span>
  5633.  
  5634. <span style='text-decoration:underline;'>1</span>
  5635.  
  5636. .
  5637. Magic itself is fading.<br />
  5638. <span style='text-decoration:underline;'>2</span>
  5639.  
  5640. . Wizards
  5641. are interbreeding with Muggles and Squibs.<br />
  5642. <span style='text-decoration:underline;'>3</span>
  5643.  
  5644. .
  5645. Knowledge to cast powerful spells is being lost.<br />
  5646. 4. Wizards are eating the wrong foods as children, or something
  5647. else besides blood is making them grow up weaker.<br />
  5648. 5. Muggle technology is interfering with magic. (Since 800 years
  5649. ago?)<br />
  5650. 6. Stronger wizards are having fewer children. (Draco = only child?
  5651. Check if 3 powerful wizards, Quirrell / Dumbledore / Dark Lord, had
  5652. any children.)
  5653.  
  5654. <span style=
  5655. 'text-decoration:underline;'>Tests:</span>
  5656.  
  5657. A. Are there spells we know but can't cast (1 or 2) or are
  5658. the lost spells no longer known (3)? <span style=
  5659. 'text-decoration:underline;'>Result</span>: Inconclusive due to
  5660. Interdict of Merlin. No known uncastable spell, but could simply
  5661. have not been passed on.
  5662.  
  5663. B. Did ancient first-year students cast the same sort of
  5664. spells, with the same power, as now? (Weak evidence for 1 over 2,
  5665. but blood could also be losing powerful wizardry only.)
  5666. <span style='text-decoration:underline;'>Result</span>: Same level
  5667. of first-year spells then as now.
  5668.  
  5669. C. Additional test that distinguishes 1 and 2 using
  5670. scientific knowledge of blood, will explain later. <span style=
  5671. 'text-decoration:underline;'>Result</span>: There's only one place
  5672. in the recipe that makes you a wizard, and either you have two
  5673. papers saying 'magic' or you don't.
  5674.  
  5675. D. Are magical creatures losing their powers? Distinguishes
  5676. 1 from (2 or 3). <span style=
  5677. 'text-decoration:underline;'>Result:</span> Magical creatures seem
  5678. to be as strong as they ever were.
  5679.  
  5680. wasn't
  5681.  
  5682. know
  5683.  
  5684. and
  5685.  
  5686. the world turned out to just not be that way
  5687.  
  5688. had
  5689.  
  5690. can't
  5691.  
  5692. What
  5693.  
  5694. true
  5695.  
  5696. false
  5697.  
  5698. That's not true!
  5699.  
  5700. don't
  5701.  
  5702. advance,
  5703.  
  5704. know
  5705.  
  5706. advance
  5707.  
  5708. say
  5709.  
  5710. believe
  5711.  
  5712. would
  5713.  
  5714. She
  5715.  
  5716. wish
  5717.  
  5718. expect to see
  5719. happen
  5720.  
  5721. what you've
  5722. done?
  5723.  
  5724. Do you realize
  5725. what you've done?
  5726.  
  5727. Idiot!
  5728.  
  5729. Idiot! Idiot!
  5730.  
  5731. him
  5732.  
  5733. care
  5734.  
  5735. him!
  5736.  
  5737. does
  5738.  
  5739. Your
  5740.  
  5741. you
  5742.  
  5743. little
  5744. less special
  5745.  
  5746. You should have warned me!
  5747.  
  5748. You call that a warning?
  5749.  
  5750. You call that a warning? When we're doing a ritual that calls
  5751. for a permanent sacrifice?
  5752.  
  5753. Expelliarmus!
  5754.  
  5755. Gom jabbar!
  5756.  
  5757. I
  5758.  
  5759. you
  5760.  
  5761. will
  5762.  
  5763. Quietus.
  5764.  
  5765. Aaahhhhh! Finite Incantatem! Aaaahhh!
  5766.  
  5767. Finite
  5768. Incantatem
  5769.  
  5770. Aaaaahhhh!
  5771.  
  5772. ahhhhh
  5773.  
  5774. Lumos.
  5775.  
  5776. Well,
  5777.  
  5778. Was it worth
  5779. it?
  5780.  
  5781. Thank you, Professor Quirrell, I couldn't have lost without
  5782. you.
  5783.  
  5784. plan
  5785.  
  5786. already
  5787.  
  5788. after
  5789.  
  5790. lied
  5791.  
  5792. that would make it true.
  5793.  
  5794. Finite Incantatem.
  5795.  
  5796. Alohomora!
  5797.  
  5798. creative thinker.
  5799.  
  5800. out
  5801.  
  5802. now,
  5803.  
  5804. get out
  5805.  
  5806. Think!
  5807.  
  5808. Think!
  5809. Think!
  5810.  
  5811. lost
  5812.  
  5813. so much
  5814.  
  5815. everything
  5816.  
  5817. didn't want this
  5818.  
  5819. prevent
  5820.  
  5821. silly
  5822.  
  5823. did
  5824.  
  5825. Scourgify
  5826.  
  5827.  
  5828. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  5829. CHAPTER 24 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/24
  5830. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  5831.  
  5832. Act 3:
  5833.  
  5834. Your hand,
  5835.  
  5836. absolute
  5837.  
  5838. very
  5839.  
  5840. delicate
  5841.  
  5842. lose
  5843.  
  5844. cost.
  5845.  
  5846. knew...
  5847.  
  5848. own
  5849.  
  5850. me
  5851.  
  5852. him
  5853.  
  5854. both
  5855.  
  5856. Dumbledoring
  5857.  
  5858. very
  5859.  
  5860. friends
  5861.  
  5862. could
  5863.  
  5864. Test it.
  5865.  
  5866. You're awakened as a scientist now,
  5867.  
  5868. and even if you never learn to use your power, you'll always,
  5869. be looking, for ways, to test, your beliefs...
  5870.  
  5871. was
  5872.  
  5873. planned
  5874.  
  5875. wanted
  5876.  
  5877. Fool,
  5878.  
  5879. of course I planned
  5880. it, and now you're mine -
  5881.  
  5882. wasn't
  5883.  
  5884. plan
  5885.  
  5886. favor.
  5887.  
  5888. were
  5889.  
  5890. should
  5891.  
  5892. his
  5893.  
  5894. real
  5895.  
  5896. Why?
  5897.  
  5898. do
  5899.  
  5900. was
  5901.  
  5902. have
  5903.  
  5904. no!
  5905.  
  5906. our
  5907.  
  5908. The Tragedy
  5909. of Light
  5910.  
  5911. incredibly
  5912.  
  5913. name
  5914.  
  5915. always
  5916.  
  5917. actually
  5918.  
  5919. actually
  5920.  
  5921. further
  5922.  
  5923. as complicated as possible
  5924.  
  5925. just
  5926.  
  5927. brilliant!
  5928.  
  5929. was
  5930.  
  5931. had
  5932.  
  5933. and
  5934.  
  5935. just by asking them
  5936.  
  5937. could.
  5938.  
  5939. work...
  5940.  
  5941. <br />
  5942.  
  5943. sense
  5944.  
  5945. not
  5946.  
  5947. friend,
  5948.  
  5949. worse
  5950.  
  5951. that
  5952.  
  5953. me.
  5954.  
  5955. loan it to Harry Potter,
  5956.  
  5957. am
  5958.  
  5959. wanted
  5960.  
  5961. can
  5962.  
  5963. was
  5964.  
  5965. had
  5966.  
  5967. think
  5968.  
  5969. one
  5970.  
  5971. Will
  5972.  
  5973. Bayesian
  5974.  
  5975. Bayesian Conspiracy
  5976.  
  5977. good front
  5978.  
  5979. That
  5980.  
  5981. deeper
  5982.  
  5983. try
  5984.  
  5985. way
  5986.  
  5987. one day
  5988.  
  5989. one
  5990.  
  5991. any
  5992.  
  5993. People stuff,
  5994.  
  5995. wouldn't
  5996.  
  5997. was
  5998.  
  5999. die.
  6000.  
  6001. perfect.
  6002.  
  6003. Just pretend to be pretending to be a scientist,
  6004.  
  6005. depth of
  6006. recursion
  6007.  
  6008. wanted
  6009.  
  6010. larger
  6011.  
  6012. right into
  6013.  
  6014. know
  6015.  
  6016. except
  6017.  
  6018. madness.
  6019.  
  6020. had
  6021.  
  6022. that
  6023.  
  6024. human intelligence evolved so that we could invent better
  6025. tools.
  6026.  
  6027. advantage
  6028.  
  6029. more
  6030.  
  6031. relative
  6032.  
  6033. the climate changed, and
  6034. tribes had to migrate, and people had to become smarter in order to
  6035. solve all the novel problems.
  6036.  
  6037. ridiculously
  6038.  
  6039. runaway
  6040.  
  6041. Chimpanzee
  6042. Politics.
  6043.  
  6044. new
  6045.  
  6046. each other
  6047.  
  6048.  
  6049. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  6050. CHAPTER 25 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/25
  6051. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  6052.  
  6053. lot
  6054.  
  6055. improbable
  6056.  
  6057. Act 2:
  6058.  
  6059. wasn't
  6060.  
  6061. Ravenclaw
  6062.  
  6063. Complex
  6064.  
  6065. incrementally
  6066.  
  6067. preparation
  6068.  
  6069. complex, interdependent
  6070.  
  6071. universal
  6072.  
  6073. non
  6074.  
  6075. variants
  6076.  
  6077. had
  6078.  
  6079. wasn't
  6080.  
  6081. and
  6082.  
  6083. and
  6084.  
  6085. Finite
  6086. Incantatem
  6087.  
  6088. Alohomora
  6089.  
  6090. before
  6091.  
  6092. were
  6093.  
  6094. Avada
  6095. Kedavra
  6096.  
  6097. thirty years old.
  6098.  
  6099. hadn't
  6100.  
  6101. infinitely
  6102.  
  6103. me,
  6104.  
  6105. Now
  6106.  
  6107. Act 1:
  6108.  
  6109. reason?
  6110.  
  6111. nothing
  6112.  
  6113. what have
  6114. you done?
  6115.  
  6116. do
  6117.  
  6118. here
  6119.  
  6120. showing him true friendship and
  6121. kindness
  6122.  
  6123. Ha!
  6124.  
  6125. that
  6126.  
  6127. occur
  6128.  
  6129. incongruous
  6130.  
  6131. congruous
  6132.  
  6133. this
  6134.  
  6135. Act 5:
  6136.  
  6137. did
  6138.  
  6139. not good
  6140.  
  6141. Hogwarts security system
  6142.  
  6143. a tool for student
  6144. pranking
  6145.  
  6146. Daily
  6147. Prophet
  6148.  
  6149. Malfoy
  6150.  
  6151. need
  6152.  
  6153. Act 6:
  6154.  
  6155. that
  6156.  
  6157. This
  6158.  
  6159. way!
  6160.  
  6161. that
  6162.  
  6163. Act 4:
  6164.  
  6165. important
  6166.  
  6167. weirder.
  6168.  
  6169. surreal,
  6170.  
  6171. doubt his own sanity.
  6172.  
  6173. true power of
  6174. pranking.
  6175.  
  6176. Are you with me?
  6177.  
  6178. in
  6179.  
  6180. that
  6181.  
  6182. quite
  6183.  
  6184. no!
  6185.  
  6186. you
  6187.  
  6188. you?
  6189.  
  6190. Exactly,
  6191.  
  6192. any
  6193.  
  6194. know
  6195.  
  6196. afterward
  6197.  
  6198. ridiculous
  6199.  
  6200. invent
  6201.  
  6202. all
  6203.  
  6204. total
  6205.  
  6206. can't
  6207.  
  6208. tell
  6209.  
  6210. awesome
  6211.  
  6212. never
  6213.  
  6214. any
  6215.  
  6216. furthermore,
  6217.  
  6218. not
  6219.  
  6220. One
  6221.  
  6222. discuss
  6223.  
  6224. then
  6225.  
  6226. entirely out of order.
  6227.  
  6228. bad.
  6229.  
  6230. did
  6231.  
  6232. failures to think of
  6233. anything
  6234.  
  6235. decades
  6236.  
  6237. Budget?
  6238.  
  6239. this
  6240.  
  6241. inspiring
  6242.  
  6243. can't!
  6244.  
  6245. still
  6246.  
  6247. know
  6248.  
  6249. anyway,
  6250.  
  6251. that
  6252.  
  6253. you can't think of anything awesome
  6254.  
  6255. failing
  6256.  
  6257. that
  6258.  
  6259. impossible
  6260.  
  6261. impossible?
  6262.  
  6263. better than Harry.
  6264.  
  6265. all
  6266.  
  6267. Snape
  6268.  
  6269. We're
  6270.  
  6271. we're
  6272.  
  6273. challenging
  6274.  
  6275. him.
  6276.  
  6277. sometimes
  6278.  
  6279. Harry Potter
  6280.  
  6281. more
  6282.  
  6283.  
  6284. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  6285. CHAPTER 26 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/26
  6286. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  6287.  
  6288. Not in a good mood
  6289.  
  6290. me
  6291.  
  6292. You
  6293.  
  6294. serious?
  6295.  
  6296. Yes I'm serious, you fool!
  6297.  
  6298. actually
  6299. didn't know.
  6300.  
  6301. sixth year at Hogwarts
  6302.  
  6303. without knowing what it
  6304. did.
  6305.  
  6306. mistaken
  6307.  
  6308. knew
  6309.  
  6310. Yes.
  6311.  
  6312. Do you
  6313. have a point, Mr. Potter, or are you just stating the
  6314. obvious?
  6315.  
  6316. don't.
  6317.  
  6318. hear
  6319.  
  6320. Daily Prophet,
  6321.  
  6322. rather
  6323.  
  6324. really
  6325.  
  6326. Excuse me, what?
  6327.  
  6328. We just teleported,
  6329.  
  6330. That didn't used to happen in the ancestral
  6331. environment,
  6332.  
  6333. Daily Prophet.
  6334.  
  6335. less
  6336.  
  6337. The Massacre of Albania in the Fifteenth
  6338. Century.
  6339.  
  6340. Daily
  6341. Prophet,
  6342.  
  6343. You!
  6344.  
  6345. Me!
  6346.  
  6347. true?
  6348.  
  6349. really
  6350.  
  6351. Shut up!
  6352.  
  6353. all day
  6354.  
  6355. hand it over
  6356.  
  6357. Daily Prophet
  6358.  
  6359. HARRY POTTER<br />
  6360. SECRETLY BETROTHED<br />
  6361. TO GINEVRA WEASLEY
  6362.  
  6363. how
  6364.  
  6365. Earth...?
  6366.  
  6367. what
  6368.  
  6369. possibly
  6370.  
  6371. sure
  6372.  
  6373. original proceedings of the Wizengamot.
  6374.  
  6375. I
  6376.  
  6377. that
  6378.  
  6379. imagine
  6380.  
  6381. unimaginable
  6382.  
  6383. Ten thousand
  6384.  
  6385. Weasley?
  6386.  
  6387. Give me that,
  6388.  
  6389. Imperius
  6390.  
  6391. that
  6392.  
  6393. enough
  6394.  
  6395. thousand
  6396.  
  6397. might
  6398.  
  6399. Imperius
  6400.  
  6401. actually
  6402.  
  6403. that
  6404.  
  6405. here?
  6406.  
  6407. course.
  6408.  
  6409. What?
  6410.  
  6411. How?
  6412.  
  6413. not
  6414.  
  6415. certain purposes.
  6416.  
  6417. him
  6418.  
  6419. people
  6420.  
  6421. within
  6422.  
  6423. could
  6424.  
  6425. tell
  6426.  
  6427. Bad
  6428.  
  6429. interest.
  6430.  
  6431. all;
  6432.  
  6433. Really,
  6434.  
  6435. thorough
  6436.  
  6437. really
  6438.  
  6439. of course
  6440.  
  6441. Sit down
  6442.  
  6443. No
  6444.  
  6445. extremely
  6446.  
  6447. Sit
  6448. down,
  6449.  
  6450. her
  6451.  
  6452. had
  6453.  
  6454. did
  6455.  
  6456. book
  6457.  
  6458. rough-hewn
  6459.  
  6460. stole
  6461.  
  6462. back
  6463.  
  6464. No,
  6465.  
  6466. Yes
  6467.  
  6468. What part of the word 'book'
  6469. did you two not understand?
  6470.  
  6471. The theft part,
  6472.  
  6473. Oh, come on,
  6474.  
  6475. you can't seriously
  6476. ask us to say no and spend the rest of our life wondering what it
  6477. was.
  6478.  
  6479. It sounds like a net positive from a utilitarian
  6480. standpoint,
  6481.  
  6482. Think of it as an economic
  6483. transaction which generates gains from trade, only without the
  6484. trade part.
  6485.  
  6486. Plus,
  6487.  
  6488. didn't steal it and it won't
  6489. help anyone to have Professor Quirrell keep it.
  6490.  
  6491. He's trying to turn you Dark!
  6492.  
  6493. Don't be a naive little boy,
  6494.  
  6495. he's
  6496. trying to teach you Slytherin.
  6497.  
  6498. Yeah,
  6499.  
  6500. Whoever owned the book
  6501. originally was probably a Death Eater or something. It belongs with
  6502. us.<br />
  6503.  
  6504. could
  6505.  
  6506. do
  6507.  
  6508. is
  6509.  
  6510.  
  6511. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  6512. CHAPTER 27 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/27
  6513. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  6514.  
  6515. Pleeaaase,
  6516.  
  6517. told
  6518.  
  6519. can't
  6520.  
  6521. You're evil! You're both evil!
  6522.  
  6523. what
  6524.  
  6525. someone
  6526.  
  6527. something
  6528.  
  6529. possibly
  6530.  
  6531. would
  6532.  
  6533. again
  6534.  
  6535. Daily Prophet
  6536.  
  6537. Quibbler
  6538.  
  6539. couldn't remember
  6540. how.
  6541.  
  6542. first
  6543.  
  6544. knowing
  6545.  
  6546. one
  6547.  
  6548. Harry
  6549.  
  6550. their
  6551.  
  6552. Harry's
  6553.  
  6554. Daily
  6555. Prophet
  6556.  
  6557. would've
  6558.  
  6559. incredible
  6560.  
  6561. all
  6562.  
  6563. lot
  6564.  
  6565. surfaces
  6566.  
  6567. through
  6568.  
  6569. finally
  6570.  
  6571. simple
  6572.  
  6573. perfect Occlumens
  6574.  
  6575. ahead
  6576.  
  6577. anyone.
  6578.  
  6579. your
  6580.  
  6581. put yourself in their place
  6582.  
  6583. were
  6584.  
  6585. understand
  6586.  
  6587. pretend
  6588.  
  6589. once,
  6590.  
  6591. once,
  6592.  
  6593. very
  6594.  
  6595. Severus paused, looking quite pleased with himself. "And
  6596. that will be... five points? No, let us make it an even ten points
  6597. from Ravenclaw for backchat."
  6598.  
  6599. Legilimens,
  6600.  
  6601. his
  6602.  
  6603. mysterious dark side?
  6604.  
  6605. Legilimens.
  6606.  
  6607. Legilimens.
  6608.  
  6609. alive?
  6610.  
  6611. Dumbledore turns himself invisible and sneaks
  6612. into girls' dorm rooms?
  6613.  
  6614. that
  6615.  
  6616. you
  6617.  
  6618. not
  6619.  
  6620. do
  6621.  
  6622. during
  6623. class,
  6624.  
  6625. plants
  6626.  
  6627. please
  6628.  
  6629. A
  6630.  
  6631. One
  6632.  
  6633. one hundred and ninety points
  6634.  
  6635. added directly onto the
  6636. House points total.
  6637.  
  6638. imagine
  6639.  
  6640. a hundred and fifty
  6641. Hufflepuffs,
  6642.  
  6643. fifteen ideas as good as
  6644. putting protective shells on time machines,
  6645.  
  6646. one thousand five hundred creative ways to kill people,
  6647.  
  6648. entire year
  6649.  
  6650. do
  6651.  
  6652. him.
  6653.  
  6654. you
  6655.  
  6656. you
  6657.  
  6658. Mental discipline?
  6659.  
  6660. not
  6661.  
  6662. Head of House Slytherin
  6663.  
  6664. is
  6665.  
  6666. Quietus,
  6667.  
  6668. now
  6669.  
  6670. anyone
  6671.  
  6672. not
  6673.  
  6674. also
  6675.  
  6676. You
  6677.  
  6678. is
  6679.  
  6680. reasons
  6681.  
  6682. What are you doing?
  6683.  
  6684. you.
  6685.  
  6686. Stop it!
  6687.  
  6688. you
  6689.  
  6690. he
  6691.  
  6692. you
  6693.  
  6694. Slytherin.
  6695.  
  6696. Lestrange.
  6697.  
  6698. Who
  6699.  
  6700. are?
  6701.  
  6702. I am Neville, the last scion of the Noble and Most Ancient
  6703. House of Longbottom -
  6704.  
  6705. traitor
  6706.  
  6707. you.
  6708.  
  6709. claimed
  6710.  
  6711. Lestrange
  6712.  
  6713. lost his parents
  6714.  
  6715. also
  6716.  
  6717. not
  6718.  
  6719. Leave Lesath alone.
  6720.  
  6721. really
  6722.  
  6723. Me?
  6724.  
  6725. that
  6726.  
  6727. You
  6728.  
  6729. You think you know?
  6730.  
  6731. Azkaban,
  6732.  
  6733. great
  6734.  
  6735. not!
  6736.  
  6737. saw
  6738.  
  6739. can!
  6740.  
  6741. how
  6742.  
  6743. You
  6744. son of a mudblood! You could get her out, you just won't! I got
  6745. down on my knees and begged you and you still won't help! I should
  6746. have known, you're the Boy-Who-Lived, you think she belongs
  6747. there!
  6748.  
  6749. can't!
  6750.  
  6751. power!
  6752.  
  6753. anything
  6754.  
  6755. Do?
  6756.  
  6757. before
  6758.  
  6759. don't!
  6760.  
  6761. reason
  6762.  
  6763. close
  6764.  
  6765. the
  6766.  
  6767. exactly
  6768.  
  6769. was
  6770.  
  6771. think
  6772.  
  6773. he
  6774.  
  6775. One level higher than you
  6776.  
  6777. he
  6778.  
  6779. could
  6780.  
  6781. else
  6782.  
  6783. her
  6784.  
  6785. You
  6786.  
  6787. almost died
  6788.  
  6789. Lose. Now.
  6790.  
  6791. Never give anyone wise advice unless you know exactly what
  6792. you're both talking about. Got it.
  6793.  
  6794. only
  6795.  
  6796. No,
  6797.  
  6798. not if
  6799. there's any other way, any other way at all.
  6800.  
  6801. Sometimes, when this flawed world seems
  6802. unusually hateful, I wonder whether there might be some other
  6803. place, far away, where I should have been... But the stars are so
  6804. very, very far away... And I wonder what I would dream about, if I
  6805. slept for a long, long time.
  6806.  
  6807. <br />
  6808.  
  6809.  
  6810. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  6811. CHAPTER 28 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/28
  6812. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  6813.  
  6814. again
  6815.  
  6816. without saying,
  6817.  
  6818. stop!
  6819.  
  6820. nonmagical
  6821.  
  6822. study
  6823.  
  6824. patterns of atoms
  6825.  
  6826. material
  6827.  
  6828. very
  6829.  
  6830. longer
  6831.  
  6832. all
  6833.  
  6834. named
  6835.  
  6836. was.
  6837.  
  6838. real?
  6839.  
  6840. safe?
  6841.  
  6842. know
  6843.  
  6844. Maybe you're just tired.
  6845.  
  6846. possibly
  6847.  
  6848. That
  6849.  
  6850. useful
  6851.  
  6852. something,
  6853.  
  6854. look
  6855.  
  6856. could
  6857.  
  6858. silly
  6859.  
  6860. month?
  6861.  
  6862. good
  6863.  
  6864. studying
  6865.  
  6866. worked.
  6867.  
  6868. stupid
  6869.  
  6870. fair,
  6871.  
  6872. put
  6873.  
  6874. job
  6875.  
  6876. kids!
  6877.  
  6878. you
  6879.  
  6880. couldn't
  6881.  
  6882. That's one hell of a difficult
  6883. challenge you just grabbed for yourself
  6884.  
  6885. boy are you
  6886. going to end up with egg on your face this time
  6887.  
  6888. at
  6889. least this way you'll know you've failed.
  6890.  
  6891. Fine, you can shut up and watch.
  6892.  
  6893. silly
  6894.  
  6895. silly
  6896.  
  6897. assuming
  6898.  
  6899. least
  6900.  
  6901. didn't
  6902.  
  6903. nightmares
  6904.  
  6905. she
  6906.  
  6907. she'd felt like its target.
  6908.  
  6909. pill!
  6910.  
  6911. worked
  6912.  
  6913. Finite
  6914. Incantatemed
  6915.  
  6916. "I will never Transfigure anything into liquid or
  6917. gas."
  6918.  
  6919. "I will never Transfigure anything that looks like food or
  6920. anything else that goes inside a human body."
  6921.  
  6922. shouldn't
  6923.  
  6924. realized...
  6925.  
  6926. thought...
  6927.  
  6928. possible
  6929.  
  6930. did
  6931.  
  6932. half
  6933.  
  6934. whole thing.
  6935.  
  6936. ridiculous
  6937.  
  6938. Things were made of atoms.
  6939.  
  6940. was
  6941.  
  6942. was
  6943.  
  6944. had
  6945.  
  6946. Had
  6947.  
  6948. Things were made of atoms,
  6949.  
  6950. wasn't
  6951.  
  6952. know in their bones
  6953.  
  6954. true fact
  6955.  
  6956. just as
  6957. valid
  6958.  
  6959. This. Was. Ridiculous.
  6960.  
  6961. sick
  6962.  
  6963. didn't make
  6964. sense.
  6965.  
  6966. some
  6967.  
  6968. eraser.
  6969.  
  6970. little patch.
  6971.  
  6972. you
  6973.  
  6974. actual person,
  6975.  
  6976. picture
  6977.  
  6978. walking through
  6979.  
  6980. lie
  6981.  
  6982. actual park
  6983.  
  6984. illusion
  6985.  
  6986. solid object
  6987.  
  6988. his wand had the power,
  6989.  
  6990. reality
  6991.  
  6992. limiting
  6993.  
  6994. truth
  6995.  
  6996. another
  6997.  
  6998. obvious nonsense.
  6999.  
  7000. couldn't
  7001.  
  7002. separate thoughts
  7003.  
  7004. mind.
  7005.  
  7006. beliefs
  7007.  
  7008. separate law of
  7009. physics
  7010.  
  7011. map,
  7012.  
  7013. reality itself
  7014.  
  7015. single
  7016.  
  7017. had
  7018.  
  7019. really exist
  7020.  
  7021. impossible.
  7022.  
  7023. couldn't
  7024.  
  7025. had
  7026.  
  7027. .
  7028.  
  7029. fundamentally complicated
  7030.  
  7031. wrong,
  7032.  
  7033. model
  7034.  
  7035. still wasn't happening.
  7036.  
  7037. damned
  7038.  
  7039. were no particles,
  7040.  
  7041. clouds of
  7042. amplitude
  7043.  
  7044. multiparticle configuration space
  7045.  
  7046. factor
  7047.  
  7048. happened to
  7049. factorize
  7050.  
  7051. altering factors in an
  7052. approximately factorizable wavefunction
  7053.  
  7054. smaller
  7055.  
  7056. What had they been doing?
  7057.  
  7058. "Harry get out of the classroom!"
  7059.  
  7060. Finite Incantatem!
  7061.  
  7062. What?
  7063.  
  7064. thinking
  7065.  
  7066. you answered
  7067. me!
  7068.  
  7069. unraveled,
  7070.  
  7071. knows
  7072.  
  7073. we didn't ask Professor McGonagall!
  7074.  
  7075. experimenting
  7076.  
  7077. Transfiguration!
  7078.  
  7079. not
  7080.  
  7081. spoiled
  7082. Professor McGonagall's perfect record!
  7083.  
  7084. relation
  7085.  
  7086. changing
  7087.  
  7088. see
  7089.  
  7090. reality
  7091.  
  7092. part
  7093.  
  7094. whole thing.
  7095.  
  7096. Finite Incantatem
  7097.  
  7098. Why?
  7099.  
  7100. means
  7101.  
  7102. don't
  7103.  
  7104. safe
  7105.  
  7106. can
  7107.  
  7108. less
  7109.  
  7110. too
  7111. young!
  7112.  
  7113. die!
  7114.  
  7115. Please don't make me have to decide whether to tell
  7116. Professor Flitwick.
  7117.  
  7118. our
  7119.  
  7120. really
  7121.  
  7122. Wingardium
  7123. Leviosa.
  7124.  
  7125. lift
  7126.  
  7127. this
  7128.  
  7129. Harry
  7130.  
  7131. specifically
  7132.  
  7133. whole ball
  7134.  
  7135. was
  7136.  
  7137. mean
  7138.  
  7139. as a whole
  7140.  
  7141. half
  7142.  
  7143. illogical.
  7144.  
  7145. did
  7146.  
  7147. was
  7148.  
  7149. exactly
  7150.  
  7151. at
  7152. all?
  7153.  
  7154. in
  7155. combat
  7156.  
  7157. still alive.
  7158.  
  7159. expected
  7160.  
  7161. that,
  7162.  
  7163. I told you so,
  7164.  
  7165. was
  7166.  
  7167. Congratulations
  7168.  
  7169. What?
  7170.  
  7171. student
  7172.  
  7173. irresponsible
  7174.  
  7175. only
  7176.  
  7177. know
  7178.  
  7179. THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD
  7180. APPROACHES,<br />
  7181. BORN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THRICE DEFIED HIM,<br />
  7182. BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES,<br />
  7183. AND THE DARK LORD WILL MARK HIM AS HIS EQUAL,<br />
  7184. BUT HE WILL HAVE POWER THE DARK LORD KNOWS NOT,<br />
  7185. AND EITHER MUST DESTROY ALL BUT A REMNANT OF THE OTHER,<br />
  7186. FOR THOSE TWO DIFFERENT SPIRITS CANNOT EXIST IN THE SAME
  7187. WORLD.
  7188.  
  7189. Severus?
  7190.  
  7191. Aftermath, 1:
  7192.  
  7193. Aftermath, 2:
  7194.  
  7195. wrong
  7196.  
  7197. bad idea
  7198.  
  7199.  
  7200. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7201. CHAPTER 29 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/29
  7202. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7203.  
  7204. stayed away
  7205.  
  7206. as
  7207.  
  7208. herself
  7209.  
  7210. she
  7211.  
  7212. his
  7213.  
  7214. both
  7215.  
  7216. back
  7217.  
  7218. wouldn't
  7219.  
  7220. more
  7221.  
  7222. silly
  7223.  
  7224. had
  7225.  
  7226. Quietus
  7227.  
  7228. titles
  7229.  
  7230. Magical
  7231. Mnemonics.
  7232.  
  7233. <br />
  7234.  
  7235. The Skeptical
  7236. Wizard.
  7237.  
  7238. <br />
  7239.  
  7240. no
  7241.  
  7242. didn't
  7243.  
  7244. is
  7245.  
  7246. really
  7247.  
  7248. irregularities
  7249.  
  7250. something
  7251.  
  7252. no trial?
  7253.  
  7254. really
  7255.  
  7256. pet rat
  7257.  
  7258. laughing.
  7259.  
  7260. rat
  7261.  
  7262. no!
  7263.  
  7264. didn't!
  7265.  
  7266. Veritas Oculum
  7267.  
  7268. died
  7269.  
  7270. don't
  7271.  
  7272. why
  7273.  
  7274. Magical Mnemonics
  7275.  
  7276. wrong
  7277. place
  7278.  
  7279. subtle
  7280.  
  7281. knew
  7282.  
  7283. Why
  7284.  
  7285. burst
  7286.  
  7287. She
  7288.  
  7289. Everto.
  7290.  
  7291. Everto.
  7292.  
  7293. Everto.
  7294.  
  7295. Everto.
  7296.  
  7297. slow
  7298. down
  7299.  
  7300. relax
  7301.  
  7302. think
  7303.  
  7304. trying
  7305.  
  7306. hers
  7307.  
  7308. anyone
  7309.  
  7310. evil
  7311.  
  7312. shoot
  7313. someone!
  7314.  
  7315. me,
  7316.  
  7317. matter
  7318.  
  7319. EVIL
  7320.  
  7321. only
  7322.  
  7323. this year.
  7324.  
  7325. January?
  7326.  
  7327. Patronus Charm?
  7328.  
  7329. way
  7330.  
  7331. In for a penny, in for a pound
  7332.  
  7333. lose
  7334.  
  7335. will
  7336.  
  7337. your
  7338.  
  7339. still
  7340.  
  7341. is
  7342.  
  7343. just
  7344.  
  7345. was
  7346.  
  7347. still
  7348.  
  7349. not
  7350.  
  7351. did
  7352.  
  7353. Anthony Goldstein and Ernie Macmillan,
  7354.  
  7355. see
  7356.  
  7357. don't,
  7358.  
  7359. Granger
  7360.  
  7361. was
  7362.  
  7363. that
  7364.  
  7365. miserable
  7366.  
  7367. her!
  7368.  
  7369. more
  7370.  
  7371. Sorry, I did my best
  7372.  
  7373. We'd better not press it any
  7374. further.
  7375.  
  7376. advise
  7377.  
  7378. you!
  7379.  
  7380. did
  7381.  
  7382. Professor Quirrell!
  7383.  
  7384. other
  7385.  
  7386. you
  7387.  
  7388. really
  7389.  
  7390. DAMN IT!
  7391.  
  7392. fairly
  7393.  
  7394. you,
  7395.  
  7396. You're
  7397.  
  7398. friendly
  7399.  
  7400. friend's
  7401.  
  7402. Granger
  7403.  
  7404. You
  7405.  
  7406. totally
  7407.  
  7408. DAMN IT!
  7409.  
  7410. Why
  7411.  
  7412. Come with me to visit Malfoy Manor, my father and I would
  7413. like to show you some interesting spells.<br />
  7414.  
  7415. chance
  7416.  
  7417. check.
  7418.  
  7419. bribe
  7420.  
  7421. dentists
  7422.  
  7423. very
  7424.  
  7425. not right...
  7426.  
  7427. supposed
  7428.  
  7429. It wouldn't be nice.
  7430.  
  7431. did
  7432.  
  7433. Interlude:
  7434.  
  7435. really
  7436.  
  7437.  
  7438. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7439. CHAPTER 30 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/30
  7440. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7441.  
  7442. in
  7443.  
  7444. small
  7445.  
  7446. This is what's left after we've
  7447. passed.
  7448.  
  7449. universally
  7450.  
  7451. own
  7452.  
  7453. start
  7454.  
  7455. had
  7456.  
  7457. three
  7458.  
  7459. Three
  7460.  
  7461. four
  7462.  
  7463. not
  7464.  
  7465. his
  7466.  
  7467. Chaos
  7468.  
  7469. reason
  7470.  
  7471. right now
  7472.  
  7473. thought about
  7474. themselves,
  7475.  
  7476. not
  7477.  
  7478. do
  7479.  
  7480. didn't
  7481.  
  7482. were
  7483.  
  7484. Not all Slytherins are alike; there
  7485. are Slytherins, and then there are Slytherins
  7486.  
  7487. astounded
  7488.  
  7489. easy
  7490.  
  7491. (Ex tempore speech given by General Potter to the Chaos
  7492. Legion, immediately before their first battle, on November 3rd,
  7493. 1991, at 2:56pm:)
  7494.  
  7495. at
  7496. least we had fun.
  7497.  
  7498. friendly
  7499.  
  7500. Scatter and fire!
  7501.  
  7502. Divided her army, what on Earth -
  7503.  
  7504. Defeated in detail
  7505.  
  7506. possibly
  7507.  
  7508. She's being fair.
  7509.  
  7510. possibly
  7511.  
  7512. It's a feint.
  7513.  
  7514. sure
  7515.  
  7516. anyone
  7517.  
  7518. other
  7519.  
  7520. did
  7521.  
  7522. allowed
  7523.  
  7524. expecting
  7525.  
  7526. didn't
  7527.  
  7528. army...
  7529.  
  7530. Doom doom doom<br />
  7531. Doom doom doom doom doom doom<br />
  7532. Doom doom doom<br />
  7533. Doom doom doom doom doom doom<br />
  7534. DOOM doom DOOM<br />
  7535. Doom doom doom-doom-doom doom doom<br />
  7536. Doom doom-doom-doom doom doom<br />
  7537. Doom doom doom, doom doom doom.
  7538.  
  7539. small
  7540.  
  7541. Somnium!
  7542.  
  7543. angry
  7544.  
  7545. both.
  7546.  
  7547. was
  7548.  
  7549. had
  7550.  
  7551. Contego,
  7552.  
  7553. Attack!
  7554.  
  7555. Charge -
  7556.  
  7557. Blood for the blood god!
  7558.  
  7559. Skulls for the skull throne! Ia! Shub-Niggurath! The enemy's
  7560. gate is sideways!
  7561.  
  7562. straight
  7563.  
  7564. Somnium!
  7565.  
  7566. gotten
  7567.  
  7568. Somnium!
  7569.  
  7570. "Skulls for the skull
  7571. throne!
  7572.  
  7573. Somnium.
  7574.  
  7575. Where'd it come from?
  7576.  
  7577. Reform ranks!
  7578.  
  7579. To me,
  7580. everyone, don't let them scatter you!
  7581.  
  7582. Ventriliquo,
  7583.  
  7584. For
  7585. Cthulhu and glory!
  7586.  
  7587. Somnium!
  7588.  
  7589. The last one's mine!
  7590.  
  7591. that
  7592.  
  7593. Special attack, Chaotic Leap!
  7594.  
  7595. soared
  7596.  
  7597. over
  7598.  
  7599. Somnium!
  7600.  
  7601. I am Neville, the last scion of Longbottom!
  7602.  
  7603. Neville
  7604. of Chaos! Face me if you da-
  7605.  
  7606. Luminos!
  7607.  
  7608. shoot people while
  7609. he did that.
  7610.  
  7611. safe
  7612.  
  7613. It's a game. You're not trying to
  7614.  
  7615. him. Don't
  7616. throw away all your future plans for a game...
  7617.  
  7618. see
  7619.  
  7620. see
  7621.  
  7622. see
  7623.  
  7624. explain
  7625.  
  7626. I refuse to lose, not like this, not my whole army to one
  7627. soldier!
  7628.  
  7629. SCREW THIS.
  7630.  
  7631. Luminos
  7632.  
  7633. luminos
  7634.  
  7635. luminos
  7636.  
  7637. luminos
  7638.  
  7639. luminos
  7640.  
  7641. luminos
  7642.  
  7643. luminos
  7644.  
  7645. luminos
  7646.  
  7647. luminos
  7648.  
  7649. luminos
  7650.  
  7651. luminos
  7652.  
  7653. luminos
  7654.  
  7655. -"<br />
  7656.  
  7657.  
  7658. magic
  7659.  
  7660. after
  7661.  
  7662. Note to self: Always remove ring from finger before
  7663. completely exhausting magic.
  7664.  
  7665. your
  7666.  
  7667. was.
  7668.  
  7669. correct,
  7670.  
  7671. yet,
  7672.  
  7673. formal
  7674.  
  7675. Protego
  7676.  
  7677. wouldn't
  7678.  
  7679. Tell you
  7680. later.
  7681.  
  7682. Contego,
  7683.  
  7684. you
  7685.  
  7686. Oh, hell.
  7687.  
  7688. all
  7689.  
  7690. That wasn't Hermione.
  7691.  
  7692. Don't be frightened, don't be sad,<br />
  7693. We'll only hurt you if you're bad...
  7694.  
  7695. Granger cheated!
  7696.  
  7697. really
  7698.  
  7699. has
  7700.  
  7701. No one's
  7702. that good at everything!
  7703.  
  7704. Somnium.
  7705.  
  7706. Hooray!
  7707.  
  7708. We can do anything if we study hard enough!
  7709.  
  7710. Don't be frightened, don't be sad,<br />
  7711. We'll only hurt you if you're bad,<br />
  7712. And send you to a home that's true,<br />
  7713. With new friends to watch over you,<br />
  7714. Be sure to tell them you were sent<br />
  7715. By Granger's Sunshine Regiment!
  7716.  
  7717.  
  7718. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7719. CHAPTER 31 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/31
  7720. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7721.  
  7722. Aftermaths:
  7723.  
  7724. How?
  7725.  
  7726. How?
  7727.  
  7728. her
  7729.  
  7730. or
  7731.  
  7732. wasn't magic.
  7733.  
  7734. How?
  7735.  
  7736. How?
  7737.  
  7738. supposed
  7739.  
  7740. told
  7741.  
  7742. trained
  7743.  
  7744. understood
  7745.  
  7746. applied
  7747.  
  7748. told
  7749.  
  7750. Your strength as a rationalist is your ability to be more
  7751. confused by fiction than by reality...
  7752.  
  7753. I promise not to help General Granger in any way that the
  7754. two of you don't know about.
  7755.  
  7756. Curse
  7757.  
  7758. read
  7759.  
  7760. seen
  7761.  
  7762. see
  7763.  
  7764. occur
  7765.  
  7766. esprit de
  7767. corps
  7768.  
  7769. quite
  7770.  
  7771.  
  7772. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7773. CHAPTER 32 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/32
  7774. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7775.  
  7776. I can't believe you just said that!
  7777.  
  7778. admit
  7779.  
  7780. not
  7781.  
  7782. loud
  7783.  
  7784. on
  7785.  
  7786. some
  7787.  
  7788. was
  7789.  
  7790. something
  7791.  
  7792. This
  7793.  
  7794. death
  7795.  
  7796. hadn't
  7797.  
  7798. been
  7799.  
  7800. solidify their loyalty to
  7801. me,
  7802.  
  7803. very
  7804.  
  7805. brilliant
  7806.  
  7807. that
  7808.  
  7809. Five
  7810.  
  7811. would
  7812.  
  7813. Duly noted.
  7814.  
  7815. would
  7816.  
  7817. also
  7818.  
  7819. lot
  7820.  
  7821. quite
  7822.  
  7823. and
  7824.  
  7825. and
  7826.  
  7827. did
  7828.  
  7829.  
  7830. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7831. CHAPTER 33 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/33
  7832. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7833.  
  7834. not
  7835.  
  7836. (coughs a few times)
  7837.  
  7838. tense,
  7839.  
  7840. fifth degree of caution.
  7841.  
  7842. In
  7843. every city,
  7844.  
  7845. the population
  7846. has been divided for a long time past into the Blue and the Green
  7847. factions...
  7848.  
  7849. And they fight against their opponents knowing
  7850. not for what end they imperil themselves...
  7851.  
  7852. So there grows
  7853. up in them against their fellow men a hostility which has no cause,
  7854. and at no time does it cease or disappear, for it gives place
  7855. neither to the ties of marriage nor of relationship nor of
  7856. friendship, and the case is the same even though those who differ
  7857. with respect to these colours be brothers or any other kin. I, for
  7858. my part, am unable to call this anything except a disease of the
  7859. soul...
  7860.  
  7861. cannot!
  7862.  
  7863. do?
  7864.  
  7865. deranged
  7866.  
  7867. worse
  7868.  
  7869. .
  7870.  
  7871. Hufflepuffs
  7872.  
  7873. can't.
  7874.  
  7875. other
  7876.  
  7877. Incendio
  7878.  
  7879. Everto
  7880.  
  7881. Harry!
  7882.  
  7883. Quadruple?
  7884.  
  7885. is
  7886.  
  7887. sick
  7888.  
  7889. was
  7890.  
  7891. that.
  7892.  
  7893. isn't
  7894.  
  7895. else
  7896.  
  7897. are
  7898.  
  7899. other
  7900.  
  7901. our
  7902.  
  7903. anyone
  7904.  
  7905. completely
  7906.  
  7907. that
  7908.  
  7909. understand
  7910.  
  7911. try
  7912.  
  7913. try
  7914.  
  7915. never
  7916.  
  7917. imagine
  7918.  
  7919. either
  7920.  
  7921. that
  7922.  
  7923. only
  7924.  
  7925. true
  7926.  
  7927. defect,
  7928.  
  7929. cooperate,
  7930.  
  7931. one
  7932.  
  7933. want
  7934.  
  7935. lot
  7936.  
  7937. you
  7938.  
  7939. everyone
  7940.  
  7941. only
  7942.  
  7943. another
  7944.  
  7945. true
  7946.  
  7947. something
  7948.  
  7949. completely
  7950.  
  7951. her
  7952.  
  7953. Given
  7954.  
  7955. then
  7956.  
  7957. rational reasons
  7958.  
  7959. did
  7960.  
  7961. enemies
  7962.  
  7963. sounded
  7964.  
  7965. now
  7966.  
  7967. You
  7968.  
  7969. you
  7970.  
  7971. Ha ha, betrayed
  7972. you again!
  7973.  
  7974. true
  7975.  
  7976. or
  7977.  
  7978. similar enough
  7979.  
  7980. same
  7981. thing
  7982.  
  7983. I
  7984.  
  7985. you
  7986.  
  7987. I
  7988.  
  7989. half
  7990.  
  7991. not
  7992.  
  7993. did
  7994.  
  7995. Eeeeek!
  7996.  
  7997. special
  7998.  
  7999. underwater
  8000.  
  8001. potions of underwater action
  8002.  
  8003. before
  8004.  
  8005. Lumos
  8006.  
  8007. libsten
  8008. to me vebwy caerbfully
  8009.  
  8010. Then
  8011.  
  8012. got
  8013.  
  8014. has
  8015.  
  8016. your
  8017.  
  8018. fire
  8019.  
  8020. to the letter,
  8021.  
  8022. openly nodded,
  8023.  
  8024. possibly
  8025.  
  8026. been
  8027.  
  8028. Why are you upside down?
  8029.  
  8030. think
  8031.  
  8032. Now
  8033.  
  8034. You
  8035.  
  8036. I
  8037.  
  8038. I
  8039.  
  8040. really
  8041.  
  8042. Hufflepuff!
  8043.  
  8044. lied
  8045.  
  8046. what
  8047.  
  8048. Harry Potter's
  8049.  
  8050. asked
  8051.  
  8052. Anyway
  8053.  
  8054. our
  8055.  
  8056. Anthony
  8057.  
  8058. Parvati
  8059.  
  8060. totally
  8061.  
  8062. down.
  8063.  
  8064. Now!
  8065.  
  8066. Now!
  8067.  
  8068. For Sunshine!"
  8069.  
  8070. What?
  8071.  
  8072. both
  8073.  
  8074. shared
  8075.  
  8076. not
  8077.  
  8078. wouldn't
  8079.  
  8080. they
  8081.  
  8082. Blood for the blood god!
  8083.  
  8084. downward
  8085.  
  8086. Contego,
  8087.  
  8088. Rainbows and unicorns!
  8089.  
  8090. The Black Goat with a thousand young!
  8091.  
  8092. Do your homework!
  8093.  
  8094. Special attack, Chaotic Twist!
  8095.  
  8096. Wingardium
  8097. Leviosa
  8098.  
  8099. Curse you, Longbottom!
  8100.  
  8101. Can't you ever fight without your dumb special attacks
  8102. -
  8103.  
  8104. Granger: 237 / Malfoy: 217 / Potter: 220
  8105.  
  8106. Hermione
  8107.  
  8108. She's not dead,
  8109.  
  8110. she's just resting. IDIOT.
  8111.  
  8112. Are you sure?
  8113.  
  8114. What if she's an
  8115. ex-Hermione? Could we go back and check?
  8116.  
  8117. See, she's fine, there are bubbles coming out of her
  8118. mouth.
  8119.  
  8120. Could've been her last breath escaping.
  8121.  
  8122. Oh be quiet. Why are you being so paranoid-protective,
  8123. anyway?
  8124.  
  8125. Er, first real friend we've ever had in our whole life? Hey,
  8126. remember what happened to our pet rock?
  8127.  
  8128. Would you SHUT UP about that worthless lump of rubble, it
  8129. wasn't even alive let alone sentient, that is like the most
  8130. pathetic childhood trauma ever -
  8131.  
  8132. Special Order One: Don't bother trying to call out any
  8133. codewords in this battle, don't expend effort on any plot not
  8134. specially approved by the commander; just swim, shield, and
  8135. fire.
  8136.  
  8137. future
  8138.  
  8139. Oh, this is so completely not going to work...
  8140.  
  8141. For the Chaos Legion!
  8142.  
  8143. For Dragon Army!
  8144.  
  8145. Granger: 237 / Malfoy: 220 / Potter: 226
  8146.  
  8147. lost
  8148. the initiative.
  8149.  
  8150. follow
  8151.  
  8152. ran,
  8153.  
  8154. again!
  8155.  
  8156. Prismatis!
  8157.  
  8158. that
  8159.  
  8160. their
  8161.  
  8162. Do not pursue!
  8163.  
  8164. Sonorus! REFORM ON ME!
  8165.  
  8166. pursuing
  8167.  
  8168. fast...
  8169.  
  8170. trustworthy.
  8171.  
  8172. and
  8173.  
  8174. supposed
  8175.  
  8176. were
  8177.  
  8178. weren't
  8179.  
  8180. punish
  8181.  
  8182. unrealistic
  8183.  
  8184. didn't!
  8185.  
  8186. did!
  8187.  
  8188. she's
  8189.  
  8190. Somnium,
  8191.  
  8192. had
  8193.  
  8194. not
  8195.  
  8196. not
  8197.  
  8198. General order!
  8199.  
  8200. us.
  8201.  
  8202. What?
  8203.  
  8204. Chaos
  8205.  
  8206. What?
  8207.  
  8208. Damn it!
  8209.  
  8210. us!
  8211.  
  8212. General order!
  8213.  
  8214. Granger: 253 / Malfoy: 252 / Potter: 252
  8215.  
  8216. again
  8217.  
  8218. won
  8219.  
  8220. have
  8221.  
  8222. does
  8223.  
  8224. I
  8225.  
  8226. time?
  8227.  
  8228. Lagann!
  8229.  
  8230. Somnium!
  8231.  
  8232. Granger: 253 / Malfoy: 252 / Potter: 254
  8233.  
  8234. Special Order Two: If a Sunny traitor doesn't seem to be
  8235. really shooting at you, fake being hit occasionally. Prefer
  8236. targeting Dragons to Sunnies but go ahead and shoot Sunnies if you
  8237. can't shoot Dragons.
  8238.  
  8239. Special Order Three: Merlin says do not shoot at Blaise
  8240. Zabini or either Patil twin.
  8241.  
  8242. very
  8243.  
  8244. you
  8245.  
  8246. does
  8247.  
  8248. Somnium,
  8249.  
  8250. Granger: 255 / Malfoy: 252 / Potter: 254
  8251.  
  8252. finally
  8253.  
  8254. forever,
  8255.  
  8256. perfect,
  8257.  
  8258. perfect
  8259.  
  8260. What?
  8261.  
  8262. sure
  8263.  
  8264. Hold on!
  8265.  
  8266. obviously
  8267.  
  8268. them
  8269.  
  8270. worked
  8271.  
  8272. I
  8273.  
  8274. you
  8275.  
  8276. Somni-
  8277.  
  8278. for Dragon,
  8279.  
  8280. Granger: 255 / Malfoy: 254 / Potter: 254
  8281.  
  8282. fun.
  8283.  
  8284.  
  8285. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8286. CHAPTER 34 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/34
  8287. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8288.  
  8289. Give us a break!
  8290.  
  8291. <br />
  8292.  
  8293. it
  8294.  
  8295. had
  8296.  
  8297. you
  8298.  
  8299. for
  8300.  
  8301. may I?
  8302.  
  8303. yes, go ahead -
  8304.  
  8305. Take that, General Chaos!
  8306.  
  8307. controlled
  8308.  
  8309. trying
  8310.  
  8311. he
  8312.  
  8313. Harry!
  8314.  
  8315. stupid
  8316.  
  8317. done
  8318.  
  8319. now
  8320.  
  8321. you
  8322.  
  8323. his own father
  8324.  
  8325. wasn't
  8326.  
  8327. had
  8328.  
  8329. really
  8330.  
  8331. crush
  8332.  
  8333. not
  8334.  
  8335. was
  8336.  
  8337. winning
  8338.  
  8339. possibly
  8340.  
  8341. any
  8342.  
  8343. used
  8344.  
  8345. united
  8346.  
  8347. could
  8348.  
  8349. dei ex
  8350. machina,
  8351.  
  8352. you
  8353.  
  8354. you
  8355.  
  8356. living
  8357.  
  8358. what
  8359.  
  8360. Enough!
  8361.  
  8362. Harry
  8363.  
  8364. The boy who faced down Snape and won,
  8365.  
  8366. that boy could grow into a Lord strong enough
  8367. to rule, strong enough to save us all -
  8368.  
  8369. raised
  8370.  
  8371. He knows their arts, their secrets and their methods; he can
  8372. take all of the Muggles' science and use it against them, alongside
  8373. our own power as wizards.
  8374.  
  8375. Then,
  8376.  
  8377. it will have to be
  8378. you, won't it, Draco Malfoy?
  8379.  
  8380. What in Merlin's name did he ask for?
  8381.  
  8382. afraid
  8383.  
  8384. not
  8385.  
  8386. Do
  8387.  
  8388. also
  8389.  
  8390. one
  8391.  
  8392. everyone
  8393.  
  8394. first
  8395.  
  8396. WHAT?
  8397.  
  8398. do
  8399.  
  8400. one
  8401.  
  8402. far
  8403.  
  8404. I
  8405.  
  8406. logically impossible -
  8407.  
  8408.  
  8409. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8410. CHAPTER 35 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/35
  8411. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8412.  
  8413. fasces,
  8414.  
  8415. Reversed stupidity is not intelligence; the world's
  8416. stupidest person may say the sun is shining, but that doesn't make
  8417. it dark out...
  8418.  
  8419. because
  8420.  
  8421. The Rise
  8422. and Fall of the Third Reich
  8423.  
  8424. saw what is
  8425. there
  8426.  
  8427. Daily
  8428. Prophet,
  8429.  
  8430. ridiculous
  8431.  
  8432. any
  8433.  
  8434. If
  8435.  
  8436. not
  8437.  
  8438. That
  8439.  
  8440. you
  8441.  
  8442. consulted with me first
  8443.  
  8444. He can't do anything against me, I just have to remember
  8445. that -
  8446.  
  8447. him
  8448.  
  8449. did
  8450.  
  8451. him.
  8452.  
  8453. what?
  8454.  
  8455. what?
  8456.  
  8457. blackmailed
  8458.  
  8459. threatening his cousin?
  8460.  
  8461. Why?
  8462.  
  8463. also
  8464.  
  8465. Aftermath: Harry Potter.
  8466.  
  8467. was
  8468.  
  8469. staying out of danger
  8470.  
  8471. already
  8472. failed
  8473.  
  8474. how
  8475.  
  8476. Aftermath: Blaise Zabini.
  8477.  
  8478. really
  8479.  
  8480. himself
  8481.  
  8482. mother
  8483.  
  8484. seven
  8485.  
  8486. then
  8487.  
  8488. else
  8489.  
  8490. same time.
  8491.  
  8492. that
  8493.  
  8494. Aftermath: Hermione Granger.
  8495.  
  8496. told
  8497.  
  8498. admit
  8499.  
  8500. not
  8501.  
  8502. really
  8503.  
  8504. wasn't
  8505.  
  8506. because
  8507.  
  8508. is
  8509.  
  8510. good
  8511.  
  8512. almost
  8513.  
  8514. have
  8515.  
  8516. that
  8517.  
  8518. Aftermath, Draco Malfoy:
  8519.  
  8520. Thinking Physics.
  8521.  
  8522. accursed idiot
  8523.  
  8524. shut
  8525. up
  8526.  
  8527. concentrate
  8528.  
  8529. muuudbloood,
  8530.  
  8531. Maaaalfoy
  8532.  
  8533. muuudbloood,
  8534.  
  8535. frieeeends
  8536.  
  8537. you
  8538.  
  8539. Potter!
  8540.  
  8541. childish
  8542.  
  8543. undignified
  8544.  
  8545. You
  8546.  
  8547. yooouuu're
  8548.  
  8549. explaaaaain
  8550.  
  8551. did
  8552.  
  8553. me
  8554.  
  8555. That's
  8556. right, I'm your friend! Feel guilty!
  8557.  
  8558. I wish Professor
  8559. Quirrell would teach Battle Magic again next year.
  8560.  
  8561.  
  8562. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8563. CHAPTER 36 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/36
  8564. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8565.  
  8566. Scourgify
  8567.  
  8568. Everto
  8569.  
  8570. anything
  8571.  
  8572. was
  8573.  
  8574. Harry?
  8575.  
  8576. else
  8577.  
  8578. known
  8579.  
  8580. could
  8581.  
  8582. Every inch of wall space is covered by a bookcase. Each
  8583. bookcase has six shelves, going almost to the ceiling. Some
  8584. bookshelves are stacked to the brim with hardcover books: science,
  8585. math, history, and everything else. Other shelves have two layers
  8586. of paperback science fiction, with the back layer of books propped
  8587. up on old tissue boxes or two-by-fours, so that you can see the
  8588. back layer of books above the books in front. And it still isn't
  8589. enough. Books are overflowing onto the tables and the sofas and
  8590. making little heaps under the windows...
  8591.  
  8592. waited
  8593.  
  8594. You
  8595.  
  8596. did
  8597.  
  8598. wasn't
  8599.  
  8600. You used up all the open space on my
  8601. bookcases?
  8602.  
  8603. always
  8604.  
  8605. Magical Draughts and Potions
  8606.  
  8607. reality
  8608.  
  8609. hadn't
  8610.  
  8611. that
  8612.  
  8613. Honey, can
  8614. you get it?
  8615.  
  8616. dangerous;
  8617.  
  8618. Harry!
  8619.  
  8620. Is he dangerous?
  8621.  
  8622. not
  8623.  
  8624. fix
  8625.  
  8626. Harry
  8627.  
  8628. own
  8629.  
  8630. every, single, one.
  8631.  
  8632. internationally famous scientist
  8633.  
  8634. son
  8635.  
  8636. daughter
  8637.  
  8638. lot
  8639.  
  8640. always
  8641.  
  8642. always
  8643.  
  8644. never
  8645.  
  8646. all
  8647.  
  8648. that bothered Harry.
  8649.  
  8650. usual
  8651.  
  8652. unlike her parents!
  8653.  
  8654. were.
  8655.  
  8656. How can you stand
  8657. it?
  8658.  
  8659. should
  8660.  
  8661. never
  8662.  
  8663. does
  8664.  
  8665. my
  8666.  
  8667. you
  8668.  
  8669. Is
  8670.  
  8671. Hey! No kissing!
  8672.  
  8673.  
  8674. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8675. CHAPTER 37 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/37
  8676. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8677.  
  8678. believe
  8679.  
  8680. had
  8681.  
  8682. Professor Quirrell?
  8683.  
  8684. are
  8685.  
  8686. doing
  8687.  
  8688. will
  8689.  
  8690. must
  8691.  
  8692. before
  8693.  
  8694. not
  8695.  
  8696.  
  8697. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8698. CHAPTER 38 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/38
  8699. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8700.  
  8701. Thermos.
  8702.  
  8703. Daily Prophet
  8704.  
  8705. Quibbler
  8706.  
  8707. Quibbler
  8708.  
  8709. Harry Potter?
  8710.  
  8711. Quibbler.
  8712.  
  8713. SLOSHED SEER SPILLS
  8714. SECRETS:<br />
  8715. DARK LORD TO RETURN,
  8716.  
  8717. not
  8718.  
  8719. would
  8720.  
  8721. Quibbler,
  8722.  
  8723. SLOSHED SEER SPILLS
  8724. SECRETS:<br />
  8725. DARK LORD TO RETURN,<br />
  8726. WED DRACO MALFOY
  8727.  
  8728. you
  8729.  
  8730. sorts
  8731.  
  8732. and
  8733.  
  8734. and
  8735.  
  8736. Quibbler
  8737.  
  8738. couldn't
  8739.  
  8740. easy
  8741.  
  8742. accident
  8743.  
  8744. now
  8745.  
  8746. this
  8747.  
  8748. wrong
  8749.  
  8750. this
  8751.  
  8752. reads
  8753.  
  8754. first
  8755.  
  8756. just
  8757.  
  8758. Quibbler
  8759.  
  8760. need
  8761.  
  8762. Quibbler
  8763.  
  8764. that
  8765.  
  8766. important
  8767.  
  8768. this is a
  8769. weapon of deadly power,
  8770.  
  8771. I am feeble and leaning on
  8772. this.
  8773.  
  8774. Please go away, please go away...
  8775.  
  8776. not
  8777.  
  8778. Mr.
  8779. Potter.
  8780.  
  8781. expect
  8782.  
  8783. He
  8784.  
  8785. What?
  8786.  
  8787. What?
  8788.  
  8789. Imperius,
  8790.  
  8791. Mr.
  8792. Potter?
  8793.  
  8794. do
  8795.  
  8796. not
  8797.  
  8798. dare
  8799.  
  8800. heavens
  8801.  
  8802. that
  8803.  
  8804. approves
  8805.  
  8806. all
  8807.  
  8808. very
  8809.  
  8810. What
  8811.  
  8812. you,
  8813.  
  8814. I
  8815.  
  8816. you!
  8817.  
  8818. dangerous,
  8819.  
  8820. scared
  8821.  
  8822. It's not
  8823. a good idea to scare Father!
  8824.  
  8825. Oh, hell...
  8826.  
  8827. What
  8828.  
  8829. is
  8830.  
  8831. know
  8832.  
  8833. that
  8834.  
  8835. other
  8836.  
  8837. wasn't
  8838.  
  8839. Harry
  8840.  
  8841. What did
  8842. you talk about with Father?
  8843.  
  8844. not
  8845.  
  8846.  
  8847. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8848. CHAPTER 39 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/39
  8849. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8850.  
  8851. Surely
  8852.  
  8853. bloody obvious
  8854.  
  8855. thinking
  8856.  
  8857. definitely
  8858.  
  8859. was
  8860.  
  8861. not
  8862.  
  8863. Leliel.
  8864.  
  8865. all
  8866.  
  8867. Did
  8868.  
  8869. evil
  8870.  
  8871. wouldn't
  8872.  
  8873. That
  8874.  
  8875. should
  8876.  
  8877. that
  8878.  
  8879. volunteered
  8880.  
  8881. very
  8882.  
  8883. completely
  8884.  
  8885. In character?
  8886.  
  8887. had
  8888.  
  8889. reasonable
  8890.  
  8891. Defense Professor
  8892.  
  8893. must
  8894.  
  8895. could
  8896.  
  8897. Me?
  8898.  
  8899. I
  8900.  
  8901. ever
  8902.  
  8903. on
  8904.  
  8905. ought
  8906.  
  8907. is
  8908.  
  8909. can
  8910.  
  8911. that
  8912.  
  8913. How much does he know...?
  8914.  
  8915. Of
  8916. course
  8917.  
  8918. Professor Quirrell
  8919.  
  8920. whole
  8921.  
  8922. actually
  8923.  
  8924. would
  8925.  
  8926. you
  8927.  
  8928. "And that will be... five points? No, let us make it an even
  8929. ten points from Ravenclaw for backchat."
  8930.  
  8931. from
  8932.  
  8933. What?
  8934.  
  8935. Why?
  8936.  
  8937. Whirr, bzzzt, tick; ding, puff, splat...
  8938.  
  8939. I
  8940.  
  8941. Yes!
  8942.  
  8943. him
  8944.  
  8945. For the greater
  8946. good
  8947.  
  8948. why!
  8949.  
  8950. Why
  8951.  
  8952. Why?
  8953.  
  8954. Why should there be?
  8955.  
  8956. tiniest
  8957.  
  8958. no
  8959.  
  8960. Evil happens,
  8961.  
  8962. it doesn't mean
  8963. anything or teach us anything, except to not be evil? The Dark Lord
  8964. was probably just a selfish bastard who didn't care who he hurt, or
  8965. an idiot who made stupidly avoidable mistakes that snowballed.
  8966. There is no destiny behind the ills of this world; if Hitler had
  8967. been allowed into architecture school like he wanted, the whole
  8968. history of Europe would have been different; if we lived in the
  8969. sort of universe where horrible things were only allowed to happen
  8970. for good reasons, they just wouldn't happen in the first
  8971. place.
  8972.  
  8973. have
  8974.  
  8975. that
  8976.  
  8977. why
  8978.  
  8979. scientist?
  8980.  
  8981. You know, the sad thing is, you probably think you just
  8982. uttered some kind of incredibly wise knockdown argument.
  8983.  
  8984. Only for impressing ancient wizards who are overly impressed
  8985. with themselves,
  8986.  
  8987. lied
  8988.  
  8989. his
  8990.  
  8991. Well, I'd better go off and love something, then, that's bound
  8992. to help me defeat the Dark Lord. And next time you ask me for
  8993. advice, I'll just give you a hug -
  8994.  
  8995. Great.
  8996.  
  8997. What?
  8998.  
  8999. want
  9000.  
  9001. fear death.
  9002.  
  9003. immortality;
  9004.  
  9005. forever
  9006.  
  9007. do
  9008.  
  9009. their
  9010.  
  9011. eighty
  9012.  
  9013. afterlife
  9014.  
  9015. How can you not believe it?
  9016.  
  9017. Harry, you're a wizard!
  9018. You've seen ghosts!
  9019.  
  9020. Yes,
  9021.  
  9022. not
  9023. where they belong!
  9024.  
  9025. here!
  9026.  
  9027. that's what a scientist
  9028. does.
  9029.  
  9030. expecting
  9031.  
  9032. jumped to
  9033. conclusions.
  9034.  
  9035. was
  9036.  
  9037. do
  9038.  
  9039. then,
  9040.  
  9041. afterimages,
  9042.  
  9043. actually knew
  9044.  
  9045. everything,
  9046.  
  9047. matter
  9048.  
  9049. horrible!
  9050.  
  9051. scared of ghosts -
  9052.  
  9053. don't you dare
  9054.  
  9055. What's the Veil?
  9056.  
  9057. seen!
  9058.  
  9059. interesting
  9060.  
  9061. Also not interesting.
  9062.  
  9063. really
  9064.  
  9065. you
  9066.  
  9067. would
  9068.  
  9069. this
  9070.  
  9071. not
  9072.  
  9073. really
  9074.  
  9075. one
  9076.  
  9077. must
  9078.  
  9079. how could Voldemort have survived the death of his body
  9080. if he did not have a soul?
  9081.  
  9082. that
  9083.  
  9084. originally
  9085.  
  9086. complete
  9087.  
  9088. actually happened
  9089.  
  9090. If he even still exists as more than Quibbler
  9091. headlines.
  9092.  
  9093. everyone!
  9094.  
  9095. everyone
  9096.  
  9097. This is insanity!
  9098.  
  9099. murder -
  9100.  
  9101. obviously
  9102.  
  9103. entire point!
  9104.  
  9105. Headmaster,
  9106.  
  9107. I'm
  9108.  
  9109. live!
  9110.  
  9111. save
  9112.  
  9113. You're
  9114.  
  9115. want
  9116.  
  9117. All x: Die(x) = Not Exist x: Not Die(x)
  9118.  
  9119. you're
  9120.  
  9121. cognitive dissonance,
  9122.  
  9123. sour
  9124. grapes.
  9125.  
  9126. pretending to be wise
  9127.  
  9128. amazing benefits
  9129.  
  9130. not
  9131.  
  9132. wasn't
  9133.  
  9134. start
  9135.  
  9136. amazing
  9137. benefits,
  9138.  
  9139. didn't
  9140.  
  9141. heard
  9142.  
  9143. amazing wonderful great idea
  9144.  
  9145. good
  9146.  
  9147. really
  9148.  
  9149. fear
  9150.  
  9151. anywhere -
  9152.  
  9153. very
  9154.  
  9155. me
  9156.  
  9157. took his own beliefs seriously
  9158.  
  9159. processed
  9160.  
  9161. throwing them out the window
  9162.  
  9163. notice
  9164.  
  9165. notice!
  9166.  
  9167. have
  9168.  
  9169. That if you
  9170.  
  9171. believed in an afterlife, you'd
  9172. go down to St. Mungo's and kill Neville's parents, Alice and Frank
  9173. Longbottom, so they could go on to their
  9174.  
  9175. , instead of letting them linger here in their damaged
  9176. state -
  9177.  
  9178. barely
  9179.  
  9180. really
  9181.  
  9182. knew
  9183.  
  9184. destroying
  9185.  
  9186. that's
  9187.  
  9188. do
  9189.  
  9190. him
  9191.  
  9192. you
  9193.  
  9194. We
  9195.  
  9196. is
  9197.  
  9198. us!
  9199.  
  9200.  
  9201. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9202. CHAPTER 40 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/40
  9203. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9204.  
  9205. Even taking that into account
  9206.  
  9207. knew
  9208.  
  9209. just
  9210. to mess with him.
  9211.  
  9212. himself
  9213.  
  9214. nobody
  9215.  
  9216. not
  9217.  
  9218. I
  9219.  
  9220. style,
  9221.  
  9222. do you believe
  9223. in an afterlife?
  9224.  
  9225. Is there an afterlife?
  9226.  
  9227. really
  9228.  
  9229. beliefs
  9230.  
  9231. was...
  9232.  
  9233. is
  9234.  
  9235. Heck
  9236.  
  9237. actually
  9238.  
  9239. frustrated
  9240.  
  9241. not
  9242.  
  9243. besides
  9244.  
  9245. did
  9246.  
  9247. does
  9248.  
  9249. you
  9250.  
  9251. here?
  9252.  
  9253.  
  9254. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9255. CHAPTER 41 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/41
  9256. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9257.  
  9258. not
  9259.  
  9260. any
  9261.  
  9262. except
  9263.  
  9264. Earlier:
  9265.  
  9266. burned
  9267.  
  9268. right over
  9269.  
  9270. during
  9271.  
  9272. both
  9273.  
  9274. Harry!
  9275.  
  9276. You can't be
  9277. serious!
  9278.  
  9279. She
  9280.  
  9281. didn't
  9282.  
  9283. perfectly, completely, utterly
  9284. safe.
  9285.  
  9286. you?
  9287.  
  9288. sadly mistaken.
  9289.  
  9290. Luminos!
  9291.  
  9292. Luminos!
  9293.  
  9294. Luminos!
  9295.  
  9296. Luminos!
  9297.  
  9298. actually
  9299.  
  9300. caught
  9301.  
  9302. Hermione!
  9303.  
  9304. Luminos
  9305.  
  9306. just a
  9307. mudblood!
  9308.  
  9309. hurt!
  9310.  
  9311. we have to win Draco!
  9312.  
  9313. Oh, be rational...
  9314.  
  9315. are you going to let your brain run your life?
  9316.  
  9317. Aftermath, 1:
  9318.  
  9319. improvements
  9320.  
  9321. do
  9322.  
  9323. mudblood,
  9324.  
  9325. course
  9326.  
  9327. had
  9328.  
  9329. Especially
  9330.  
  9331. anyone.
  9332.  
  9333. you,
  9334.  
  9335. drop me?
  9336.  
  9337. lets go of you,
  9338.  
  9339. dropped
  9340.  
  9341. all
  9342.  
  9343. the heir of Slipperin?
  9344.  
  9345. Quibbler's
  9346.  
  9347. Aftermath, 2:
  9348.  
  9349. actually
  9350.  
  9351. Hermione
  9352. I don't know how to apologize to you for this what can I do just
  9353. tell me?
  9354.  
  9355. she
  9356.  
  9357.  
  9358. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9359. CHAPTER 42 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/42
  9360. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9361.  
  9362. Romantic?
  9363.  
  9364. boys!
  9365.  
  9366. do
  9367.  
  9368. left!
  9369.  
  9370. terrified
  9371.  
  9372. things
  9373.  
  9374. Quibbler
  9375.  
  9376. do
  9377.  
  9378. young?
  9379.  
  9380. them,
  9381.  
  9382. Girls!
  9383.  
  9384. I'm
  9385.  
  9386. you
  9387.  
  9388. didn't
  9389.  
  9390. did
  9391.  
  9392. pulled
  9393.  
  9394. faster than gravity -
  9395.  
  9396. two hundred students
  9397.  
  9398. efficient.
  9399.  
  9400. insisted
  9401.  
  9402. both
  9403.  
  9404. Sir!
  9405.  
  9406. now
  9407.  
  9408. shabby
  9409.  
  9410. fit
  9411.  
  9412. heard
  9413.  
  9414. you
  9415.  
  9416. parents
  9417.  
  9418. other
  9419.  
  9420. triple reverse Mulhanney Dive
  9421.  
  9422. extra backspin!
  9423.  
  9424. I guess you had to be there,
  9425.  
  9426. Cold?
  9427.  
  9428. I'm
  9429.  
  9430. myself.
  9431.  
  9432. why
  9433.  
  9434. understand
  9435.  
  9436. So I don't fall into the same trap myself, whatever it
  9437. is.
  9438.  
  9439. Black
  9440.  
  9441. James
  9442.  
  9443. risk
  9444.  
  9445. could
  9446.  
  9447. use
  9448.  
  9449. easy
  9450.  
  9451. any
  9452.  
  9453. Anything
  9454.  
  9455. is
  9456.  
  9457. supposed
  9458.  
  9459. not
  9460.  
  9461. when
  9462. you're older
  9463.  
  9464.  
  9465. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9466. CHAPTER 43 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/43
  9467. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9468.  
  9469. wasn't
  9470.  
  9471. more
  9472.  
  9473. "Good luck at school, Harry. Do you think I bought you
  9474. enough books?"
  9475.  
  9476. "You can never have enough books... but you certainly tried,
  9477. it was a really, really, really good try..."
  9478.  
  9479. Expecto Patronum!
  9480.  
  9481. you
  9482.  
  9483. very
  9484.  
  9485. why...
  9486.  
  9487. harder
  9488.  
  9489. not
  9490.  
  9491. ever
  9492.  
  9493. him
  9494.  
  9495. did
  9496.  
  9497. No
  9498. Patronus
  9499.  
  9500. Bad Person,
  9501.  
  9502. otter?
  9503.  
  9504. otter?
  9505.  
  9506. possibly
  9507.  
  9508. not
  9509.  
  9510. eat your soul
  9511.  
  9512. believed this
  9513.  
  9514. execute
  9515. criminals.
  9516.  
  9517. destroying their
  9518. souls?
  9519.  
  9520. his
  9521.  
  9522. Expecto Patronum!
  9523.  
  9524. if that's a
  9525. peregrine falcon, I'm going to strangle him in his sleep.
  9526.  
  9527. Shut up,
  9528.  
  9529. do you want us
  9530. to be a Dark Wizard?
  9531.  
  9532. What's the point? You're going to end up as one
  9533. eventually.
  9534.  
  9535. It's a placebo effect,
  9536.  
  9537. The Dementor can't actually get to me through three corporeal
  9538. Patronuses, I'm just imagining what I think it's like. When I
  9539. actually face the Dementor, it'll feel completely different, and
  9540. then I'll know I was just being silly before.
  9541.  
  9542. would
  9543.  
  9544. Less
  9545.  
  9546. precise
  9547.  
  9548. brandishing
  9549.  
  9550. heard
  9551.  
  9552. Expecto Patronum!
  9553.  
  9554. Hermione!
  9555.  
  9556. She can't have been permanently Demented,
  9557.  
  9558. she can't
  9559. have been, she wasn't exposed for even ten seconds let alone forty
  9560. -
  9561.  
  9562. temporarily
  9563.  
  9564. temporarily
  9565.  
  9566. Don't!
  9567.  
  9568. he
  9569.  
  9570. Don't go near it!"
  9571.  
  9572. It spoke to me, Harry, it knows you, it knows you're
  9573. here!
  9574.  
  9575. The Dementor!
  9576.  
  9577. Professor Quirrell wants it to eat you!
  9578.  
  9579. Professor Flitwick, don't let Harry try, send him
  9580. back!
  9581.  
  9582. how
  9583.  
  9584. after
  9585.  
  9586. you
  9587.  
  9588. original
  9589.  
  9590. not
  9591.  
  9592. I
  9593.  
  9594. couldn't
  9595.  
  9596. What is my worst memory...?
  9597.  
  9598. He thinks I'm going to fail, but he won't sabotage me by
  9599. telling me so,
  9600.  
  9601. if he had true words of
  9602. encouragement to speak, he would speak them...
  9603.  
  9604. refusing
  9605.  
  9606. wrong
  9607.  
  9608. Why am I still here?
  9609.  
  9610. had
  9611.  
  9612. "Lily, take Harry and go! It's him!" shouted a man's voice.
  9613. "Go! Run! I'll hold him off!"
  9614.  
  9615. And Harry couldn't help but think, in the empty depths of
  9616. his dark side, how ridiculously overconfident James Potter had
  9617. been. Hold off Lord Voldemort? With what?
  9618.  
  9619. Then the other voice spoke, high-pitched like the hiss of a
  9620. teakettle, and it was like dry ice laid on Harry's every nerve,
  9621. like a brand of metal cooled to liquid helium temperatures and laid
  9622. on every part of him. And the voice said:
  9623.  
  9624. "Avadakedavra."
  9625.  
  9626. "Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!" screamed the
  9627. woman's voice.
  9628.  
  9629. Whatever was left of Harry listened with all the light
  9630. drained out of him, in the dead void of his heart, and wondered if
  9631. she thought that Lord Voldemort would stop because she asked
  9632. politely.
  9633.  
  9634. "Step aside, woman!" said the shrill voice of burning cold.
  9635. "For you I am not come, only the boy."
  9636.  
  9637. "Not Harry! Please... have mercy... have mercy..."
  9638.  
  9639. Lily Potter, Harry thought, seemed not to understand what
  9640. type of people became Dark Lords in the first place; and if this
  9641. was the best strategy she could conceive to save her child's life,
  9642. that was her final failure as a mother.
  9643.  
  9644. "I give you this rare chance to flee," said the shrill
  9645. voice. "But I will not trouble myself to subdue you, and your death
  9646. here will not save your child. Step aside, foolish woman, if you
  9647. have any sense in you at all!"
  9648.  
  9649. "Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead!"
  9650.  
  9651. The empty thing that was Harry wondered if Lily Potter
  9652. seriously imagined that Lord Voldemort would say yes, kill her, and
  9653. then depart leaving her son unharmed.
  9654.  
  9655. "Very well," said the voice of death, now sounding coldly
  9656. amused, "I accept the bargain. Yourself to die, and the child to
  9657. live. Now drop your wand so that I can murder you."
  9658.  
  9659. There was a hideous silence.
  9660.  
  9661. Lord Voldemort began to laugh, horrible contemptuous
  9662. laughter.
  9663.  
  9664. And then, at last, Lily Potter's voice shrieked in desperate
  9665. hate, "Avada ke-"
  9666.  
  9667. The lethal voice finished first, the curse rapid and
  9668. precise.
  9669.  
  9670. "Avadakedavra."
  9671.  
  9672. A blinding flare of green marked the end of Lily
  9673. Potter.
  9674.  
  9675. And the boy in the crib saw it, the eyes, those two crimson
  9676. eyes, seeming to glow bright red, to blaze like miniature suns,
  9677. filling Harry's whole vision as they locked to his own -
  9678.  
  9679. Expecto Patronum!
  9680.  
  9681. Cast Patronuses!
  9682.  
  9683. Everyone who can! Get them
  9684. between Harry and the Dementor! It's still feeding on
  9685. him!
  9686.  
  9687. Expecto Patronum!
  9688.  
  9689. Use your phoenix!
  9690.  
  9691. Take him far away from that Dementor!
  9692.  
  9693. It still feeds on him, even here! How? If you know,
  9694. Hermione Granger, you must tell me! Tell me!
  9695.  
  9696. You have courage enough for Gryffindor,
  9697.  
  9698. but you will do what is
  9699. right in any House I give you. You will learn, you will stand by
  9700. your friends, in any House you choose. So don't be afraid, Hermione
  9701. Granger, just decide where you belong...
  9702.  
  9703. Everyone!
  9704.  
  9705. Get your Patronuses out of her
  9706. way!
  9707.  
  9708. FLITWICK!
  9709.  
  9710. SUMMON
  9711. POTTER'S WAND!
  9712.  
  9713. Accio!
  9714.  
  9715. Harry!
  9716.  
  9717. Harry! Speak to me!
  9718.  
  9719.  
  9720. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9721. CHAPTER 44 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/44
  9722. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9723.  
  9724. he'd
  9725.  
  9726. her -
  9727.  
  9728. mmmppphhh
  9729.  
  9730. that's not Harry -
  9731.  
  9732. had
  9733.  
  9734. already there
  9735.  
  9736. Does the Headmaster know?
  9737.  
  9738. her
  9739.  
  9740. Do not speak of it,
  9741.  
  9742. You know,
  9743.  
  9744. About his dark
  9745. side.
  9746.  
  9747. I know. But this is beyond even that. Fawkes's song cannot
  9748. reach him, where he is lost.
  9749.  
  9750. What can we -
  9751.  
  9752. I have a plan,
  9753.  
  9754. Patience.
  9755.  
  9756. What sort of plan?
  9757.  
  9758. It is better that you not know,
  9759.  
  9760. really
  9761.  
  9762. much
  9763.  
  9764. A fair point,
  9765.  
  9766. I am about to
  9767. tell you; steel yourself so as not to react. Are you ready? Good. I
  9768. am going to pretend to cast the Killing Curse on Professor
  9769. McGonagall - DO NOT REACT, Hermione!
  9770.  
  9771. out
  9772.  
  9773. completely berserk
  9774.  
  9775. kill
  9776.  
  9777. But that is not true darkness,
  9778.  
  9779. That is protectiveness, that is love. Fawkes will be able to
  9780. reach him, then. And when Harry sees that Minerva is alive after
  9781. all, it will return him fully.
  9782.  
  9783. I doubt that will work,
  9784.  
  9785. and
  9786. you may not like the way he reacts if you try. But you may try if
  9787. you wish.
  9788.  
  9789. I told you, no kissing!
  9790.  
  9791.  
  9792. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9793. CHAPTER 45 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/45
  9794. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9795.  
  9796. Are
  9797.  
  9798. Minerva
  9799.  
  9800. Throw
  9801.  
  9802. Sun?
  9803.  
  9804. All right,
  9805.  
  9806. if the
  9807. Dementor is a riddle, what is the answer?
  9808.  
  9809. you're completely insane
  9810.  
  9811. For I will be in the presence of a Dementor just
  9812. the same, Patronus or no.
  9813.  
  9814. If the Dementor could not reach through your Patronus on
  9815. some level, Albus Dumbledore, you would not see a naked man painful
  9816. to look upon...
  9817.  
  9818. What lies at the center of a Dementor?
  9819.  
  9820. Fear.
  9821.  
  9822. What is so horrible that the mind refuses to see
  9823. it?
  9824.  
  9825. Fear.
  9826.  
  9827. What is impossible to kill?
  9828.  
  9829. Fear.
  9830.  
  9831. understood
  9832.  
  9833. do
  9834.  
  9835. It's not like Dementors can actually talk, or think;
  9836. the structure they have is borrowed from your own mind and
  9837. expectations...
  9838.  
  9839. very
  9840.  
  9841. It is a common misconception
  9842.  
  9843. that
  9844. all the best rationalists are Sorted into Ravenclaw, leaving none
  9845. for other Houses. This is not so; being Sorted into Ravenclaw
  9846. indicates that your strongest virtue is curiosity, wondering and
  9847. desiring to know the true answer. And this is not the
  9848.  
  9849. virtue a rationalist needs. Sometimes you have to work hard on
  9850. a problem, and stick to it for a while. Sometimes you need a clever
  9851. plan for finding out. And sometimes what you need more than
  9852. anything else to see an answer, is the courage to face
  9853. it...
  9854.  
  9855. toward
  9856.  
  9857. wasn't
  9858.  
  9859. I know you now
  9860.  
  9861. I comprehend your nature, you symbolize Death,
  9862. through some law of magic you are a shadow that Death casts into
  9863. the world.
  9864.  
  9865. And Death is not something I will ever embrace.
  9866.  
  9867. It is only a childish thing, that the human species has not
  9868. yet outgrown.
  9869.  
  9870. And someday...
  9871.  
  9872. We'll get over it...
  9873.  
  9874. And people won't have to say goodbye any more...
  9875.  
  9876. "EXPECTO PATRONUM!"
  9877.  
  9878. Homo sapiens,
  9879.  
  9880. And someday when the descendants of humanity have spread
  9881. from star to star, they won't tell the children about the history
  9882. of Ancient Earth until they're old enough to bear it; and when they
  9883. learn they'll weep to hear that such a thing as Death had ever once
  9884. existed!
  9885.  
  9886. You are not invincible, and someday the human species will
  9887. end you.
  9888.  
  9889. I will end you if I can, by the power of mind and magic and
  9890. science.
  9891.  
  9892. I won't cower in fear of Death, not while I have a chance of
  9893. winning.
  9894.  
  9895. I won't let Death touch me, I won't let Death touch the ones
  9896. I love.
  9897.  
  9898. And even if you do end me before I end you,
  9899.  
  9900. Another will take my place, and another,
  9901.  
  9902. Until the wound in the world is healed at last...
  9903.  
  9904.  
  9905. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9906. CHAPTER 46 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/46
  9907. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9908.  
  9909. normal
  9910.  
  9911. Or maybe it gave
  9912. something back, as well as taking...
  9913.  
  9914. that?
  9915.  
  9916. anywhere
  9917.  
  9918. I
  9919.  
  9920. knew
  9921.  
  9922. how
  9923.  
  9924. incredibly
  9925.  
  9926. Headmaster!
  9927.  
  9928. why,
  9929.  
  9930. lose
  9931.  
  9932. Aftermath, Harry Potter and Professor Quirrell:
  9933.  
  9934. only
  9935.  
  9936. think
  9937.  
  9938. was
  9939.  
  9940. could
  9941.  
  9942. did
  9943.  
  9944. would
  9945.  
  9946. everything
  9947.  
  9948. hadn't
  9949.  
  9950. what
  9951.  
  9952. Aftermath, Daphne Greengrass:
  9953.  
  9954. Everyone! Harry Potter
  9955. couldn't cast the Patronus Charm and the Dementor almost ate him
  9956. and Professor Quirrell saved him but then Potter was all evil until
  9957. Granger brought him back with a kiss! It's true love for
  9958. sure!
  9959.  
  9960. How -
  9961.  
  9962. you
  9963.  
  9964. You
  9965.  
  9966. What?
  9967.  
  9968. It wasn't their first kiss!
  9969.  
  9970. already
  9971.  
  9972. she
  9973.  
  9974. me,
  9975.  
  9976. wrong person
  9977.  
  9978. me
  9979.  
  9980. I
  9981.  
  9982. my
  9983.  
  9984. You?
  9985.  
  9986. had
  9987.  
  9988. You take that back!
  9989.  
  9990. Aftermath, Hermione Granger:
  9991.  
  9992. 42.
  9993.  
  9994. I figured out why we couldn't cast the Patronus Charm,
  9995. Hermione, it doesn't have anything to do with us not being happy
  9996. enough. But I can't tell you. I couldn't even tell the Headmaster.
  9997. It needs to be even more secret than partial Transfiguration, for
  9998. now, anyway. But if you ever need to fight Dementors, the secret is
  9999. written here, cryptically, so that if someone doesn't know it's
  10000. about Dementors and the Patronus Charm, they won't know what it
  10001. means...
  10002.  
  10003. There's no light in the place the Dementor takes you,
  10004. Hermione. No warmth. No caring. It's somewhere that you can't even
  10005. understand happiness. There's pain, and fear, and those can still
  10006. drive you. You can hate, and take pleasure in destroying what you
  10007. hate. You can laugh, when you see other people hurting. But you
  10008. can't ever be happy, you can't even remember what it is that isn't
  10009. there anymore... I don't think there's any way I can ever explain
  10010. just what you saved me from. I'm usually ashamed to put people to
  10011. trouble, I usually can't stand it when people make sacrifices for
  10012. me, but this one time I'll say that no matter what it ends up
  10013. costing you to have kissed me, don't ever doubt for a second that
  10014. it was the right thing to do.
  10015.  
  10016. little
  10017.  
  10018. Aftermath, Minerva McGonagall:
  10019.  
  10020. insist
  10021.  
  10022. exact wording
  10023.  
  10024. me,
  10025.  
  10026. BORN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THRICE DEFIED HIM,<br />
  10027. BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES...
  10028.  
  10029. name?
  10030.  
  10031. "I give you this rare chance to flee. But I will not trouble
  10032. myself to subdue you, and your death here will not save your child.
  10033. Step aside, foolish woman, if you have any sense in you at
  10034. all!"
  10035.  
  10036. would
  10037.  
  10038. mildly
  10039.  
  10040. first
  10041.  
  10042. Severus
  10043.  
  10044. some
  10045.  
  10046. immediate
  10047.  
  10048. immediate
  10049.  
  10050. If
  10051.  
  10052. bothered him a great deal.
  10053.  
  10054. other
  10055.  
  10056.  
  10057. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  10058. CHAPTER 47 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/47
  10059. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  10060.  
  10061. unused
  10062.  
  10063. I told you, no
  10064. kissing!
  10065.  
  10066. She just did it to
  10067. annoy me, last time, just like she made me go on that
  10068. date.
  10069.  
  10070. ended up
  10071.  
  10072. intended
  10073.  
  10074. have
  10075.  
  10076. that
  10077.  
  10078. was
  10079.  
  10080. Dumbledore's
  10081.  
  10082. unusual
  10083.  
  10084. didn't
  10085.  
  10086. Then the fires of Ravenclaw fell upon the darkness that had
  10087. cloaked the left wing of Lord Foul's army, breaking it, and it was
  10088. revealed that the Lord Gryffindor had spoken true; the fear they
  10089. all had felt was not natural in its source, but coming from thrice
  10090. a dozen Dementors, who had been promised the souls of the defeated.
  10091. At once the Lady Hufflepuff and Lord Slytherin brought forth their
  10092. Patronuses, a vast angry badger and a bright silver serpent, and
  10093. the defenders lifted their heads as the shadow passed from their
  10094. hearts. And Lady Ravenclaw laughed, remarking that Lord Foul was a
  10095. great fool, for now his own army would be subject to the fear, but
  10096. not the defenders of Hogwarts. Yet the Lord Slytherin said, "No
  10097. fool he, that much I know." And the Lord Gryffindor beside him
  10098. studied the battlefield with a frown upon his face...
  10099.  
  10100. Why?
  10101.  
  10102. was
  10103.  
  10104. Dulak.
  10105.  
  10106. Killing Curse
  10107.  
  10108. weird
  10109.  
  10110. normal
  10111.  
  10112. that?
  10113.  
  10114. Expecto Patronum.
  10115.  
  10116. think
  10117.  
  10118. mean?
  10119.  
  10120. never
  10121.  
  10122. smile
  10123.  
  10124. you
  10125.  
  10126. something
  10127.  
  10128. can
  10129.  
  10130. believe
  10131.  
  10132. Professor Quirrell?
  10133.  
  10134. you
  10135.  
  10136. or
  10137.  
  10138. You
  10139.  
  10140. that
  10141.  
  10142. finally
  10143.  
  10144. You did get Sorted into Slytherin!
  10145.  
  10146. did,
  10147.  
  10148. snapped your
  10149. fingers -
  10150.  
  10151. Harry Potter
  10152.  
  10153. one minute
  10154.  
  10155. Harry
  10156.  
  10157. Ravenclaw?
  10158.  
  10159. of course,
  10160.  
  10161. knew
  10162.  
  10163. obvious
  10164.  
  10165. himself
  10166.  
  10167. what
  10168.  
  10169. wasn't
  10170.  
  10171. why
  10172.  
  10173. should
  10174.  
  10175. only point
  10176.  
  10177. beginning
  10178.  
  10179. WHYYYYY?
  10180.  
  10181. DO
  10182.  
  10183. That... doesn't... make... SENSE!
  10184.  
  10185. What does that have to do with
  10186. Granger?
  10187.  
  10188. advance
  10189.  
  10190. I've
  10191.  
  10192. think
  10193.  
  10194. beyond
  10195.  
  10196. kill
  10197.  
  10198. want
  10199.  
  10200. nothing.
  10201.  
  10202. pathetic,
  10203.  
  10204. Salazar was wrong as a question of simple fact!
  10205.  
  10206. know
  10207.  
  10208. hatred
  10209.  
  10210. Salazar Slytherin
  10211.  
  10212. changed
  10213.  
  10214. Skin color?
  10215.  
  10216. now
  10217.  
  10218. desperate for someone to hate.
  10219.  
  10220. they
  10221.  
  10222. exceptionally
  10223.  
  10224. then
  10225.  
  10226. weren't
  10227.  
  10228. correct
  10229.  
  10230. aren't
  10231.  
  10232. now
  10233.  
  10234. or
  10235.  
  10236. know
  10237.  
  10238. kill
  10239.  
  10240. die?
  10241.  
  10242. Father -
  10243.  
  10244. Granger is a mudblood, she should die
  10245.  
  10246. doesn't
  10247.  
  10248. do!
  10249.  
  10250. is
  10251.  
  10252. look
  10253.  
  10254. best
  10255.  
  10256. choices,
  10257.  
  10258. anywhere but Slytherin,
  10259.  
  10260. isn't
  10261.  
  10262. It's
  10263. destroying Slytherin House, Draco!
  10264.  
  10265. had
  10266.  
  10267. consequences
  10268.  
  10269. want
  10270.  
  10271. logically,
  10272.  
  10273. reason
  10274.  
  10275. really
  10276.  
  10277. you
  10278.  
  10279. has
  10280.  
  10281. no one
  10282.  
  10283. himself,
  10284.  
  10285. had
  10286.  
  10287. not
  10288.  
  10289. tell him.
  10290.  
  10291. really
  10292.  
  10293. everything.
  10294.  
  10295. still
  10296.  
  10297. see
  10298.  
  10299. after
  10300.  
  10301. wanted
  10302.  
  10303. failed
  10304.  
  10305. Chief Warlock of the
  10306. Wizengamot!
  10307.  
  10308. then
  10309.  
  10310. already
  10311.  
  10312. and
  10313.  
  10314. and
  10315.  
  10316. how can anyone not see that Dumbledore's trying
  10317. to take over the world?
  10318.  
  10319. Daily Prophet
  10320.  
  10321. had
  10322.  
  10323. had
  10324.  
  10325. sounds
  10326.  
  10327. testing
  10328.  
  10329. fooled
  10330.  
  10331. led you on?
  10332.  
  10333. knew
  10334.  
  10335. knew
  10336.  
  10337. But he was the only chance anyone had against
  10338. Dumbledore!
  10339.  
  10340. had
  10341.  
  10342. had
  10343.  
  10344. the
  10345.  
  10346. one
  10347.  
  10348. two...
  10349.  
  10350. Should
  10351.  
  10352. not
  10353.  
  10354. definite,
  10355.  
  10356. certain,
  10357.  
  10358. would
  10359.  
  10360. certain,
  10361.  
  10362. all she ever did
  10363. was love Father -
  10364.  
  10365. mother
  10366.  
  10367. Dumbledore burned her
  10368. to death in her own bedroom!
  10369.  
  10370. know
  10371.  
  10372. Dumbledore burned her to death in her own bedroom!
  10373.  
  10374. burned her alive
  10375.  
  10376. we will have his life for
  10377. it!
  10378.  
  10379. wrong
  10380.  
  10381. have
  10382.  
  10383. how
  10384.  
  10385. said
  10386.  
  10387. warning!
  10388.  
  10389. right person,
  10390.  
  10391. Unless Lucius did it himself, of course, and found it more
  10392. convenient to blame Dumbledore.
  10393.  
  10394. Lucius's
  10395.  
  10396. had
  10397.  
  10398. Well?
  10399.  
  10400. evil
  10401.  
  10402. don't know?
  10403.  
  10404. not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead!
  10405.  
  10406. your
  10407.  
  10408. she
  10409.  
  10410. reason
  10411.  
  10412. okay
  10413.  
  10414. my
  10415.  
  10416. obvious
  10417.  
  10418. his
  10419.  
  10420. neither
  10421.  
  10422. no one's
  10423.  
  10424. forgotten,
  10425.  
  10426. and
  10427.  
  10428. hidden
  10429.  
  10430. forget
  10431.  
  10432. forget
  10433.  
  10434. have
  10435.  
  10436. we
  10437.  
  10438. each other
  10439.  
  10440. both
  10441.  
  10442. each other,
  10443.  
  10444. wrong
  10445.  
  10446. sad
  10447.  
  10448. necessary
  10449.  
  10450. justified
  10451.  
  10452. anyone
  10453.  
  10454. killed
  10455.  
  10456. sad!
  10457.  
  10458. you
  10459.  
  10460. have
  10461.  
  10462. beyond
  10463.  
  10464. exist.
  10465.  
  10466. sad,
  10467.  
  10468. already
  10469.  
  10470. got
  10471.  
  10472. have
  10473.  
  10474. better
  10475.  
  10476. differently
  10477.  
  10478. you've got to let yourself do better than
  10479. other people!
  10480.  
  10481. perfect
  10482.  
  10483. part
  10484.  
  10485. do better
  10486.  
  10487. Patronus!
  10488.  
  10489. that
  10490.  
  10491. even when he was
  10492. wrong.
  10493.  
  10494. not
  10495.  
  10496. No.
  10497.  
  10498. like
  10499.  
  10500. never
  10501.  
  10502. once
  10503.  
  10504. liked
  10505.  
  10506. know
  10507.  
  10508. dangerous
  10509.  
  10510. help,
  10511.  
  10512. make
  10513.  
  10514. certain
  10515.  
  10516. OH THAT IS SUCH A LIE -
  10517.  
  10518. take
  10519.  
  10520. warning
  10521.  
  10522. You're in your first year at Hogwarts! That's just
  10523. crazy!
  10524.  
  10525. told
  10526.  
  10527. could
  10528.  
  10529. WHY? Why are you always like this, Harry? Why do you have
  10530. to mess everything up even when it's IMPOSSIBLE? And stop smiling,
  10531. this isn't funny!
  10532.  
  10533. know
  10534.  
  10535. could
  10536.  
  10537. If
  10538.  
  10539. Professor Quirrell?
  10540.  
  10541. know
  10542.  
  10543. know
  10544.  
  10545. part of your plan,
  10546.  
  10547. artistry
  10548.  
  10549. changed
  10550.  
  10551. Thermos.
  10552.  
  10553. Thermos,
  10554.  
  10555. Earth,
  10556.  
  10557. me,
  10558.  
  10559. my
  10560.  
  10561. person?
  10562.  
  10563. minds
  10564.  
  10565. us,
  10566.  
  10567. them
  10568.  
  10569. They
  10570.  
  10571. Really
  10572.  
  10573. EXPECTO
  10574. PATRONUM!
  10575.  
  10576. really
  10577.  
  10578. had
  10579.  
  10580. true
  10581.  
  10582. was
  10583.  
  10584. answered
  10585.  
  10586. couldn't
  10587.  
  10588. Five?
  10589.  
  10590. begging
  10591.  
  10592. know
  10593.  
  10594. doesn't
  10595.  
  10596. know
  10597.  
  10598. you
  10599.  
  10600. Lucius
  10601.  
  10602. Dumbledore
  10603.  
  10604. and
  10605.  
  10606. and
  10607.  
  10608. you
  10609.  
  10610. was
  10611.  
  10612. burned
  10613. alive
  10614.  
  10615. burned
  10616. alive
  10617.  
  10618. Crucioed
  10619.  
  10620. evil
  10621.  
  10622. really
  10623.  
  10624. that
  10625.  
  10626. lot.
  10627.  
  10628. Don't be frightened, my son, I'm here...
  10629.  
  10630. Father
  10631.  
  10632. "Expecto
  10633. Patronum!"
  10634.  
  10635. Harry
  10636.  
  10637. Hsssss ssss sshsshssss,
  10638.  
  10639. Aftermath:
  10640.  
  10641. magical
  10642.  
  10643. possibly
  10644.  
  10645. You're the Heir of
  10646. Slytherin!
  10647.  
  10648.  
  10649. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  10650. CHAPTER 48 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/48
  10651. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  10652.  
  10653. might
  10654.  
  10655. really
  10656.  
  10657. someone
  10658.  
  10659. time
  10660.  
  10661. same
  10662.  
  10663. somewhere
  10664.  
  10665. that
  10666.  
  10667. make snakes
  10668. persistently intelligent
  10669.  
  10670. that
  10671.  
  10672. this one
  10673.  
  10674. was
  10675.  
  10676. gather
  10677. information from other snakes.
  10678.  
  10679. other
  10680.  
  10681. them,
  10682.  
  10683. That couldn't, couldn't possibly be true, surely no wizard
  10684. would be stupid enough to do THAT...
  10685.  
  10686. of
  10687. course
  10688.  
  10689. Muggleborns
  10690.  
  10691. You've got to eat something,
  10692.  
  10693. And it's not all that much
  10694.  
  10695. likely that anyone
  10696. sneezed self-awareness onto poultry than onto plants, so as long as
  10697. you're eating food of questionable sentience either way, why not
  10698. eat the delicious deep-fried Diracawl slices?
  10699.  
  10700. I'm not quite sure that's valid utilitarian logic, there
  10701. -
  10702.  
  10703. Oh, you want utilitarian logic? One serving of utilitarian
  10704. logic coming up: Even in the unlikely chance that some moron
  10705.  
  10706. manage to confer sentience on chickens, it's
  10707.  
  10708. research that stands the best chance of discovering the fact
  10709. and doing something about it. If you can complete your work even
  10710. slightly faster by
  10711.  
  10712. messing around with your diet,
  10713. then, counterintuitive as it may seem, the
  10714.  
  10715. thing you
  10716. can do to save the greatest number of possibly-sentient
  10717. who-knows-whats is
  10718.  
  10719. wasting time on wild guesses about
  10720. what might be intelligent. It's not like the house elves haven't
  10721. prepared the food already, regardless of what you take onto your
  10722. plate.
  10723.  
  10724. Good!
  10725.  
  10726. I'm glad you see now that the
  10727. most moral thing to do is to sacrifice the lives of sentient beings
  10728. for your own convenience, to feed your dreadful appetites, for the
  10729. sick pleasure of ripping them apart with your teeth -
  10730.  
  10731. What?
  10732.  
  10733. Which side are
  10734. you
  10735.  
  10736. here?
  10737.  
  10738. You too will
  10739. someday embrace the doctrine... that the end justifies the
  10740. meats.
  10741.  
  10742. Cannibalism!
  10743.  
  10744. Cannibalism!
  10745.  
  10746. AIIIEEEE DON'T EAT ME -
  10747.  
  10748. Ignore the screams, eat it anyway! It's a safe place to
  10749. compromise your ethics in the service of higher goals,
  10750. everyone
  10751.  
  10752. thinks it's okay to eat sandwiches so you
  10753. can't use your usual rationalization about a small probability of a
  10754. large downside if you get caught -
  10755.  
  10756. Just so long as
  10757. you're okay with
  10758.  
  10759. being eaten by giant monsters that
  10760. didn't do enough research into whether
  10761.  
  10762. were
  10763. sentient.
  10764.  
  10765. I'm okay with that,
  10766.  
  10767. Is everyone
  10768. else okay with that?
  10769.  
  10770. Great, can we
  10771. go back to deep-fried Diracawl slices now?
  10772.  
  10773. Not until I've done some more research into what's sentient
  10774. and what isn't. Now shut up.
  10775.  
  10776. Just eat the students,
  10777.  
  10778. There's no
  10779. doubt about whether
  10780.  
  10781. sentient.
  10782.  
  10783. You know you want to,
  10784.  
  10785. I bet the
  10786. young ones are the tastiest.
  10787.  
  10788. Honestly
  10789.  
  10790. great
  10791.  
  10792. Vegetable Cunning
  10793.  
  10794. before
  10795.  
  10796. important
  10797.  
  10798. You sound just like Draco,
  10799.  
  10800. possibly
  10801.  
  10802. lot
  10803.  
  10804. not
  10805.  
  10806. are
  10807.  
  10808. quantity
  10809.  
  10810. correct
  10811.  
  10812. hundred
  10813. trillion
  10814.  
  10815. any
  10816.  
  10817. you
  10818.  
  10819. right
  10820.  
  10821. tried
  10822.  
  10823. me
  10824.  
  10825. schluuuuurp
  10826.  
  10827. wanted
  10828.  
  10829. me,
  10830.  
  10831. Vegetable Cunning
  10832.  
  10833. those
  10834.  
  10835. you
  10836.  
  10837. yeah,
  10838.  
  10839. try
  10840.  
  10841. were
  10842.  
  10843. tried
  10844.  
  10845. stupid?
  10846.  
  10847. I
  10848.  
  10849. actually
  10850.  
  10851. Here
  10852.  
  10853. that
  10854.  
  10855. already
  10856.  
  10857. I
  10858.  
  10859. would
  10860.  
  10861. earned
  10862.  
  10863. mean
  10864.  
  10865. not
  10866.  
  10867. not
  10868.  
  10869. normal,
  10870.  
  10871. demonstrate
  10872.  
  10873. really
  10874.  
  10875. dangerous,
  10876.  
  10877. anything
  10878.  
  10879.  
  10880. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  10881. CHAPTER 49 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/49
  10882. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  10883.  
  10884. Those who have seen Death...
  10885.  
  10886. Spell and Speak
  10887.  
  10888. wanted
  10889.  
  10890. too smart
  10891.  
  10892. matter
  10893.  
  10894. anyway
  10895.  
  10896. reasons
  10897.  
  10898. once
  10899.  
  10900. him
  10901.  
  10902. actual
  10903. ordering
  10904.  
  10905. Cannibalism!
  10906.  
  10907. The
  10908. Patronus Charm: Wizards Who Could and Couldn't,
  10909.  
  10910. Four Lives of Power.
  10911.  
  10912. then
  10913.  
  10914. way
  10915.  
  10916. December?
  10917.  
  10918. yesterday!
  10919.  
  10920. hadn't
  10921.  
  10922. told
  10923.  
  10924. how
  10925.  
  10926. hell -
  10927.  
  10928. obvious
  10929.  
  10930. what
  10931.  
  10932. other
  10933.  
  10934. how
  10935.  
  10936. I
  10937.  
  10938. No,
  10939.  
  10940. quite
  10941.  
  10942. not
  10943.  
  10944. is
  10945.  
  10946. Oh.
  10947.  
  10948. see
  10949.  
  10950. he,
  10951.  
  10952. his
  10953.  
  10954. just
  10955.  
  10956. New priority: Find
  10957. everything in Hogwarts that looks remotely like a snake and try
  10958. speaking to it. Starting with everything you've already tried, only
  10959. this time be sure to use Parseltongue instead of English - get
  10960. Draco to let you into the Slytherin dorms -
  10961.  
  10962. continue
  10963.  
  10964. What?
  10965.  
  10966. do
  10967.  
  10968. Do
  10969.  
  10970. Note to self,
  10971.  
  10972. make sure to extract my heritage out of the Dark
  10973. Lord's mind, one way or another.
  10974.  
  10975. hadn't
  10976.  
  10977. thirty
  10978.  
  10979. If this secret could send Professor Quirrell to Azkaban,
  10980. that means he's done something illegal...
  10981.  
  10982. not
  10983.  
  10984. greetingss.
  10985.  
  10986. Sso,
  10987.  
  10988. You sspeak, I hear. I
  10989. sspeak, you hear?
  10990.  
  10991. Yess, I hear,
  10992.  
  10993. You are an
  10994. Animaguss?
  10995.  
  10996. Obvioussly,
  10997.  
  10998. Thirty-sseven
  10999. ruless, number thirty-four: Become Animaguss. All ssensible people
  11000. do, if can. Thuss,
  11001.  
  11002. very rare.
  11003.  
  11004. This iss mosst ssecure way to sspeak. You
  11005. ssee? No otherss undersstand uss.
  11006.  
  11007. Even if they are ssnake Animagi?
  11008.  
  11009. Not unlesss heir of Sslytherin willss.
  11010.  
  11011. Sslytherin not sstupid. Ssnake Animaguss not ssame
  11012. as Parsselmouth. Would be huge flaw in sscheme.
  11013.  
  11014. that
  11015.  
  11016. I am not regisstered,
  11017.  
  11018. Animaguss musst be regisstered.
  11019. Penalty is two yearss imprissonment. Will you keep my ssecret,
  11020. boy?
  11021.  
  11022. Yess,
  11023.  
  11024. Would never break
  11025. promisse.
  11026.  
  11027. We come here next in sseven dayss. Bring
  11028. cloak to passs unsseen, bring hourglasss to move through time
  11029. -
  11030.  
  11031. You know?
  11032.  
  11033. How
  11034. -
  11035.  
  11036. You arrive in my firsst classs while sstill
  11037. in other classs, sstrike down enemy with pie, two ballss of memory
  11038. -
  11039.  
  11040. Never mind,
  11041.  
  11042. Sstupid question,
  11043. forgot you were ssmart.
  11044.  
  11045. Foolissh thing to forget,
  11046.  
  11047. Hourglasss is resstricted,
  11048.  
  11049. Cannot
  11050. usse until ninth hour.
  11051.  
  11052. Many
  11053. resstrictionss. Locked to your usse only, cannot be sstolen. Cannot
  11054. transsport other humanss. But ssnake carried in pouch, I ssuspect
  11055. will go with. Think posssible to hold hourglasss motionlesss within
  11056. sshell, without dissturbing wardss, while you turn sshell around
  11057. it. We will tesst in sseven dayss. Will not sspeak of planss beyond
  11058. thiss. You ssay nothing, to no one. Give no ssign of expectancy,
  11059. none. Undersstand?
  11060.  
  11061. Ansswer in sspeech.
  11062.  
  11063. Yess.
  11064.  
  11065. Will do as I ssaid?
  11066.  
  11067. Yess. But,"
  11068.  
  11069. I do
  11070. not promisse to do whatever thiss iss, you have not ssaid
  11071. -
  11072.  
  11073. Of coursse not. Will disscusss sspecificss at
  11074. next meeting.
  11075.  
  11076.  
  11077. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11078. CHAPTER 50 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/50
  11079. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11080.  
  11081. lomillialor
  11082.  
  11083. Padma Patil...
  11084.  
  11085. her
  11086.  
  11087. Padma Patil, Slytherin girl...
  11088.  
  11089. knew
  11090.  
  11091. Luminos!
  11092.  
  11093. possibly
  11094.  
  11095. grownups
  11096.  
  11097. my
  11098.  
  11099. those
  11100.  
  11101. you
  11102.  
  11103. I
  11104.  
  11105. really
  11106.  
  11107. eerie,
  11108.  
  11109. are
  11110.  
  11111. he
  11112.  
  11113. She
  11114.  
  11115. she
  11116.  
  11117. you
  11118.  
  11119. true!
  11120.  
  11121. was
  11122.  
  11123. snarked
  11124.  
  11125. back
  11126.  
  11127. evil
  11128.  
  11129. anyone -
  11130.  
  11131. Aguamenti
  11132.  
  11133. You
  11134.  
  11135. you
  11136.  
  11137. said
  11138.  
  11139. lomillialor
  11140.  
  11141. she
  11142.  
  11143. got that?
  11144.  
  11145. lomillialor
  11146.  
  11147. anyone
  11148.  
  11149. odd
  11150.  
  11151. he
  11152.  
  11153. everyone
  11154.  
  11155. her
  11156.  
  11157. anyone
  11158.  
  11159. really
  11160.  
  11161. Earlier:
  11162.  
  11163. nicer!
  11164.  
  11165. was
  11166.  
  11167. redeemed
  11168.  
  11169. original
  11170.  
  11171. he
  11172.  
  11173. Kill
  11174.  
  11175. that,
  11176.  
  11177. I
  11178.  
  11179. nice
  11180.  
  11181. You call that not threatening someone?
  11182.  
  11183. little
  11184.  
  11185. no
  11186.  
  11187. course
  11188.  
  11189. you
  11190.  
  11191. me?
  11192.  
  11193. tell
  11194.  
  11195. why
  11196.  
  11197. maybe
  11198.  
  11199. Hermione!
  11200.  
  11201. I was trying to help!
  11202.  
  11203. me
  11204.  
  11205. will
  11206.  
  11207. Way to invoke the laws of dramatic irony, moron,
  11208.  
  11209. Now you're going to die this
  11210. Saturday, your last words will be 'I'm sorry, Hermione', and she'll
  11211. always regret that the last thing she did was slam the door
  11212. -
  11213.  
  11214. Oh, shut up.
  11215.  
  11216. did
  11217.  
  11218. did
  11219.  
  11220. Slytherin
  11221.  
  11222. lied
  11223.  
  11224. a
  11225.  
  11226.  
  11227. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11228. CHAPTER 51 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/51
  11229. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11230.  
  11231. (Be prepared, that's the Boy Scout's marching
  11232. song...)
  11233.  
  11234. had
  11235.  
  11236. (Be prepared, as through life you march along...)
  11237.  
  11238. Hungry, boy? Eat your fill sswiftly, we sshall
  11239. need both sstrength and time.
  11240.  
  11241. I ate well at
  11242. breakfasst,
  11243.  
  11244. Do not wissh to explain here. Prefer to be
  11245. elssewhere firsst. Need to leave unobsserved, without ssign we have
  11246. ever departed room.
  11247.  
  11248. Sso no one can track uss,
  11249.  
  11250. Yess. Do you trusst me that much, boy? Think before
  11251. ansswer. I will have important requesst of you, which requiress
  11252. trusst; if ssay no regardlesss, then ssay no now.
  11253.  
  11254. for later,
  11255.  
  11256. certain
  11257.  
  11258. clear-thinking
  11259.  
  11260. I trusst you,
  11261.  
  11262. wasn't
  11263.  
  11264. Step one.
  11265.  
  11266. Step two.
  11267.  
  11268. Step three.
  11269.  
  11270. Step four.
  11271.  
  11272. Wingardium Leviosa
  11273.  
  11274. Step five.
  11275.  
  11276. Step six.
  11277.  
  11278. after
  11279.  
  11280. Step seven.
  11281.  
  11282. Step eight.
  11283.  
  11284. Step nine.
  11285.  
  11286. Step ten.
  11287.  
  11288. Lumos
  11289.  
  11290. "It iss
  11291. done.
  11292.  
  11293. Step eleven.
  11294.  
  11295. Step twelve.
  11296.  
  11297. Darn,
  11298.  
  11299. denied
  11300.  
  11301. Are
  11302.  
  11303. you
  11304.  
  11305. tell
  11306.  
  11307. lie
  11308.  
  11309. exactly
  11310.  
  11311. not
  11312.  
  11313. There was no hint, no warning, we all thought -
  11314.  
  11315. my
  11316.  
  11317. believed
  11318.  
  11319. certainly
  11320.  
  11321. must
  11322.  
  11323.  
  11324. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11325. CHAPTER 52 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/52
  11326. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11327.  
  11328. not
  11329.  
  11330. cover
  11331.  
  11332. one one
  11333. thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand...
  11334.  
  11335. ...sixty one thousand,
  11336.  
  11337. Casst your Patronuss,
  11338.  
  11339. all
  11340.  
  11341. now.
  11342.  
  11343. Expecto Patronum!
  11344.  
  11345. other
  11346.  
  11347. wasn't
  11348.  
  11349. It iss sstable,
  11350.  
  11351. he
  11352.  
  11353. why
  11354.  
  11355. more
  11356.  
  11357. I ssee nothing,
  11358.  
  11359. Sshe iss alone,
  11360.  
  11361. Stay,
  11362.  
  11363. person
  11364.  
  11365. left
  11366.  
  11367. Steady,
  11368.  
  11369. Steady, Harry James
  11370. Potter-Evans-Verres, steady!
  11371.  
  11372. I'm here to save her, I'm here to save her, I'm here to save
  11373. her,
  11374.  
  11375. protect Bellatrix from the Dementors
  11376.  
  11377.  
  11378. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11379. CHAPTER 53 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/53
  11380. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11381.  
  11382. You found it expedient, or perhaps just amusing, to make
  11383. Bellatrix fall in love with you, to bind her to your
  11384. service.
  11385.  
  11386. She loves you utterly, completely, with her whole being. You
  11387. do not return her love, but consider her useful. She knows
  11388. this.
  11389.  
  11390. She was the deadliest weapon you possessed, and you called
  11391. her your dear Bella.
  11392.  
  11393. not
  11394.  
  11395. Sshow her your face,
  11396.  
  11397. I
  11398. will save you, I will save you no matter what...
  11399.  
  11400. him
  11401.  
  11402. "Ssay ssomething in Parsseltongue,"
  11403.  
  11404. One two three four five ssix sseven
  11405. eight nine ten.
  11406.  
  11407. Will be conssumed by it.
  11408.  
  11409. You'll need to float her out,
  11410.  
  11411. Sshe can no longer think of
  11412. esscaping.
  11413.  
  11414. <br />
  11415.  
  11416. Yess,
  11417.  
  11418. but do not
  11419. underesstimate her, sshe wass the deadliesst of warriorss.
  11420.  
  11421. One would be wisse to fear
  11422. me, boy, even were I sstarved and nine-tenthss dead; be wary of
  11423. her, allow no ssingle flaw in your pretensse.
  11424.  
  11425. What do you think you know, and how do you think you know
  11426. it?
  11427.  
  11428. did
  11429.  
  11430. know
  11431.  
  11432. all the time
  11433.  
  11434. Daily Prophet
  11435.  
  11436.  
  11437. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11438. CHAPTER 54 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/54
  11439. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11440.  
  11441. Yes,
  11442.  
  11443. now be silent
  11444.  
  11445. The Dark Lord, he...
  11446.  
  11447. She obeyed him in that as
  11448. she obeyed him in all things.
  11449.  
  11450. Everyone will feel it,
  11451.  
  11452. You must stop it!
  11453.  
  11454. as it unfolded like
  11455. spreading wings of sunlight, the air turned to absolute silver as
  11456. he thought it, Harry knew what he had to do.
  11457.  
  11458. Please, my Lord!
  11459.  
  11460. They were far from him, the Dementors in their pit, but
  11461. Harry knew that they could be destroyed even at this distance if
  11462. the light blazed bright enough, he knew that Death itself could not
  11463. face him if he stopped holding back, so he unsealed all the gates
  11464. inside him and sank the wells of his spell into all the deepest
  11465. parts of his spirit, all his mind and all his will, and gave over
  11466. absolutely everything to the spell -
  11467.  
  11468. WRONG<br />
  11469. DON'T
  11470.  
  11471. -
  11472.  
  11473. not
  11474.  
  11475. Wingardium Leviosa,
  11476.  
  11477. Crap,
  11478.  
  11479. real
  11480.  
  11481. Now.
  11482.  
  11483. all
  11484.  
  11485. then
  11486.  
  11487. What are you doing, Professor Quirrell?
  11488.  
  11489. Attack first! Cast a shield at least!
  11490.  
  11491. Stupefy!
  11492.  
  11493. caught
  11494.  
  11495. fast,
  11496.  
  11497. Avada
  11498.  
  11499. Ke,
  11500.  
  11501. Da,
  11502.  
  11503. Vra,
  11504.  
  11505. do
  11506.  
  11507. NO
  11508.  
  11509. -
  11510.  
  11511. both
  11512.  
  11513. the Killing Curse had been blocked
  11514.  
  11515. Stupefy!
  11516.  
  11517. see
  11518.  
  11519. insanely
  11520.  
  11521. Killing Curse?
  11522.  
  11523. young
  11524.  
  11525. really
  11526.  
  11527. Somnium
  11528.  
  11529. Teacher?
  11530.  
  11531. Friend? Pleasse, are you
  11532. alive?
  11533.  
  11534. Innervate
  11535.  
  11536. their spells ever touched,
  11537.  
  11538. he
  11539.  
  11540. didn't think of it
  11541.  
  11542.  
  11543. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11544. CHAPTER 55 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/55
  11545. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11546.  
  11547. was
  11548.  
  11549. shouldn't
  11550.  
  11551. stayed
  11552.  
  11553. It might not be too late,
  11554.  
  11555. You might still be able to fix your mistake. The Auror saw you,
  11556. he remembers that you stunned him... but if he were dead, if
  11557. Professor Quirrell were dead, if Bellatrix were dead, there would
  11558. be no one to contradict your story.
  11559.  
  11560. why
  11561.  
  11562. All right,
  11563.  
  11564. hy has my
  11565. mind changed between then and now?
  11566.  
  11567. That may be the Dementation talking rather than an accurate
  11568. estimate,
  11569.  
  11570. Think of the Dementors' fear as a cognitive bias, and
  11571. try to overcome it the way you would overcome any other cognitive
  11572. bias. Your hopeless feelings may not indicate that the situation is
  11573. actually hopeless. It may only indicate that you are in the
  11574. presence of Dementors. All negative emotions and pessimistic
  11575. estimates must now be considered suspect, fallacious until proven
  11576. valid.
  11577.  
  11578. The presence of Dementors interferes with the part of you
  11579. that processes happiness. If you cannot retrieve your happy thought
  11580. by mnemonic association on the key of happiness, perhaps you can
  11581. get at the memory some other way instead. When was the last time
  11582. you talked to someone about the Patronus Charm?
  11583.  
  11584. When was the last time you talked to someone about
  11585. Dementors?
  11586.  
  11587. I thought of my absolute rejection of death as the
  11588. natural order.
  11589.  
  11590. ...But there are other lives that are still alive to be
  11591. fought for. Your life, and my life, and Hermione Granger's life,
  11592. all the lives of Earth, and all the lives beyond, to be defended
  11593. and protected.
  11594.  
  11595. Where there's life, there's hope. The Auror is still alive.
  11596. Professor Quirrell is still alive. Bellatrix is still alive. I'm
  11597. still alive. No one's actually died yet...
  11598.  
  11599. ...and I won't let them!
  11600.  
  11601. more
  11602.  
  11603. Why... why did he... why...
  11604.  
  11605. Because he's evil,
  11606.  
  11607. We told you so.
  11608.  
  11609. No!
  11610.  
  11611. No, it doesn't make
  11612. sense, we were going to commit the perfect crime, the Auror could
  11613. have been Obliviated, the corridor repaired, it wasn't too late but
  11614. it would have BEEN too late if he'd died!
  11615.  
  11616. But Professor Quirrell was never really planning to commit
  11617. the perfect crime,
  11618.  
  11619. He
  11620.  
  11621. the crime to be noticed. He wanted everyone
  11622. to know that someone had killed an Auror and broken Bellatrix Black
  11623. out of Azkaban. He would have prepared some kind of evidence, some
  11624. proof he could reveal of your involvement, to use as blackmail
  11625. against you; and you would have been bound to him forever.
  11626.  
  11627. No...
  11628.  
  11629. Yes,
  11630.  
  11631. No. It still doesn't make sense. Professor Quirrell had to
  11632. know I would turn against him the instant I saw him kill an Auror.
  11633. That I might very well go ahead and confess to Dumbledore, hoping
  11634. to plead the true fact that I was tricked. And... in terms of
  11635. blackmail, does his killing an Auror against my will, really add
  11636. all
  11637.  
  11638. much to breaking Bellatrix out of Azkaban with my
  11639. willing help? It would have been more cunning to keep the evidence
  11640. of my involvement with the basic crime, but still pretend to be my
  11641. ally for as long as he could, saving the blackmail to use only if
  11642. it became necessary...
  11643.  
  11644. Rationalization,
  11645.  
  11646. So why
  11647.  
  11648. Professor Quirrell do it, then?
  11649.  
  11650. I notice that I am confused.
  11651.  
  11652. given
  11653.  
  11654. 'Oh, I feel a little better now, how strange...'
  11655.  
  11656. why
  11657.  
  11658. recently,
  11659.  
  11660. Innervate.
  11661.  
  11662. was
  11663.  
  11664. Steady,
  11665.  
  11666. also
  11667.  
  11668. would
  11669.  
  11670. would
  11671.  
  11672. was
  11673.  
  11674. wanted
  11675.  
  11676. now.
  11677.  
  11678. off
  11679.  
  11680. into
  11681.  
  11682. no
  11683.  
  11684. Harmonia Nectere Passus
  11685.  
  11686. Innervate.
  11687.  
  11688. Wingardium Leviosa.
  11689.  
  11690. loop
  11691.  
  11692. Do not know.
  11693.  
  11694. Innervate.
  11695.  
  11696. Obliviate.
  11697.  
  11698. relaxing
  11699.  
  11700. burn
  11701.  
  11702. her
  11703.  
  11704. need
  11705.  
  11706. wanted
  11707.  
  11708. The criminals had invented some way to prevent the Dementors
  11709. from finding Bellatrix Black.
  11710.  
  11711. impossible.
  11712.  
  11713. half
  11714.  
  11715. rest
  11716.  
  11717. go!
  11718.  
  11719. had
  11720.  
  11721. well, if it was just a war
  11722. game, what would General Chaos do?
  11723.  
  11724. but if it's
  11725.  
  11726. easy,
  11727. why hasn't anyone broken out of Azkaban before?
  11728.  
  11729. Fine, what
  11730. would General Chaos do about
  11731.  
  11732. Gryffindor
  11733.  
  11734. better
  11735.  
  11736. Picky picky picky,
  11737.  
  11738. Who was
  11739. complaining about not having
  11740.  
  11741. plan one minute earlier?
  11742. You should be glad we came up with anything at all, Mister
  11743. Now-We're-Doomed.
  11744.  
  11745. Um...
  11746.  
  11747. Did you seriously just
  11748. think, 'You ought to work for me,
  11749.  
  11750. would appreciate
  11751. you?'
  11752.  
  11753. A stone would respond to that kind of loyalty,
  11754.  
  11755. Even if I'm only getting it by mistake, I can't help
  11756. but -
  11757.  
  11758. She's the Dark Lord's loyal killer and torturer, and the
  11759. supposed reason she's loyal is because an innocent girl was broken
  11760. into pieces and used as raw material to make her,
  11761.  
  11762. Did you forget?
  11763.  
  11764. If someone shows me that much loyalty, even by mistake,
  11765. there's a part of me that can't help but feel something. The Dark
  11766. Lord must have been...
  11767.  
  11768. doesn't seem like a strong
  11769. enough word, he must have been
  11770.  
  11771. ... to not appreciate
  11772. her loyalty, artificial or not.
  11773.  
  11774. who
  11775.  
  11776. what
  11777.  
  11778. Good,
  11779.  
  11780. That was step
  11781. one.
  11782.  
  11783. Now unlock the door -
  11784.  
  11785. What do you think you're doing? Go back and get her out of
  11786. there!
  11787.  
  11788. Save her! What are you doing? She's hurting YOU HAVE TO SAVE
  11789. HER!
  11790.  
  11791. didn't
  11792.  
  11793. I'll die,
  11794.  
  11795. certainty
  11796.  
  11797. If I wipe out the Dementors, then even if I live, they'll
  11798. know it was me, that I was the one who did this... I'll lose my
  11799. support, lose the war...
  11800.  
  11801. Yeah?
  11802.  
  11803. After you destroy all the Dementors in Azkaban? I'd think
  11804. that'd tend to prove your credentials as a Light Lord, actually, so
  11805. SAVE HER SAVE HER YOU HAVE TO SAVE HER -
  11806.  
  11807. I meant to accomplish more with my life than this... I was
  11808. going to fight the Dark Lord, I was going to merge the wizarding
  11809. and Muggle worlds...
  11810.  
  11811. certain
  11812.  
  11813. There are other Dementors, probably other Azkabans... if I'm
  11814. going to do this, I should do it when I'm closer to the central
  11815. pit, it will take less of my life that way, which increases the
  11816. probability that I'll survive to destroy other Dementors... even
  11817. assuming this is the optimal thing to do, if there's a right time
  11818. and place to do this, it isn't now and here, IT ISN'T NOW AND
  11819. HERE!
  11820.  
  11821. What?
  11822.  
  11823. couldn't
  11824.  
  11825. now...
  11826.  
  11827. I swear,
  11828.  
  11829. I swear upon my life and my magic and my art
  11830. as a rationalist, I swear by everything I hold sacred and all my
  11831. happy memories, I give my oath that someday I will end this place,
  11832. please, please may I be forgiven...
  11833.  
  11834. suggest
  11835.  
  11836. The hell with it,
  11837.  
  11838. We're
  11839. all on the same side, we need to stick together whether Director
  11840. Bones likes it or not.
  11841.  
  11842.  
  11843. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11844. CHAPTER 56 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/56
  11845. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11846.  
  11847. I'm not sure I can do this,
  11848.  
  11849. anywhere
  11850.  
  11851. You know,
  11852.  
  11853. there's a limit to how many constraints you can add to a
  11854. problem before it
  11855.  
  11856. impossible, you know
  11857. that?
  11858.  
  11859. kill him.
  11860.  
  11861. Are you going to try to stop the killer of
  11862. my brother from getting her well-deserved Kiss, old meddler?
  11863.  
  11864. must
  11865.  
  11866. She must not leave this prison
  11867. alive...
  11868.  
  11869. why
  11870.  
  11871. Quietus.
  11872.  
  11873. What?
  11874.  
  11875. Albus!
  11876.  
  11877. This isn't fair, isn't fair, isn't fair! There's a limit to
  11878. how many constraints you can add to a problem before it really is
  11879. impossible!
  11880.  
  11881. fast,
  11882.  
  11883. If I solve this one,
  11884.  
  11885. I want a
  11886. cookie afterward, and if you make the problem any more difficult
  11887. than this, I mean the slightest bit more difficult, I am climbing
  11888. out of your skull and heading for Tahiti.
  11889.  
  11890. another
  11891.  
  11892. Kill her and then bring her back,
  11893.  
  11894. Use Frigideiro to cool Bellatrix down to the point
  11895. where her brain activity stops, then warm her up afterward using
  11896. Thermos, just like people who fall into very cold water can be
  11897. successfully revived half-an-hour later without noticeable brain
  11898. damage.
  11899.  
  11900. And
  11901.  
  11902. And
  11903.  
  11904. And
  11905.  
  11906. ...ways to hide from Death...
  11907.  
  11908. One of the requisites for becoming a powerful wizard is an
  11909. excellent memory,
  11910.  
  11911. The key to
  11912. a puzzle is often something you read twenty years ago in an old
  11913. scroll, or a peculiar ring you saw on the finger of a man you met
  11914. only once...
  11915.  
  11916. How can I protect myself from the Dementors without a
  11917. Patronus Charm?
  11918.  
  11919. was
  11920.  
  11921. really
  11922.  
  11923. Why am I so much more vulnerable than average? Other
  11924. students didn't fall over when they faced the Dementor.
  11925.  
  11926. not
  11927.  
  11928. true
  11929.  
  11930. where
  11931.  
  11932. Oh.
  11933.  
  11934. Oh, I understand now.
  11935.  
  11936. The one who is afraid, is...
  11937.  
  11938. It's all right,
  11939.  
  11940. it's all
  11941. right.
  11942.  
  11943. It's right and proper to be horrified, because death is
  11944. horrible. You don't have to hide your horror, you don't have to
  11945. feel ashamed of it, you can wear it as a badge of honor, openly in
  11946. the Sun.
  11947.  
  11948. You don't have to fight alone,
  11949.  
  11950. The rest of me will back you up on this. I won't
  11951. let myself die, and I won't let my friends die either. Not you/I,
  11952. not Hermione, not Mum or Dad, not Neville or Draco or anyone, this
  11953. is the will to protect...
  11954.  
  11955. Take my hand,
  11956.  
  11957. come
  11958. with me, and we will do this thing together...<br />
  11959.  
  11960. remembered
  11961.  
  11962. hidden
  11963.  
  11964. you
  11965.  
  11966. You -
  11967.  
  11968. again
  11969.  
  11970.  
  11971. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11972. CHAPTER 57 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/57
  11973. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  11974.  
  11975. hoped
  11976.  
  11977. Something
  11978.  
  11979. sure come in handy about now.
  11980.  
  11981. hidden.
  11982.  
  11983. New requirement,
  11984.  
  11985. Find a way
  11986. of defeating Dementors that doesn't invoke my Patronus Charm.
  11987. Alternatively, find yet another way of hiding someone from
  11988. Dementors, besides the Cloak of Invisibility -
  11989.  
  11990. I quit,
  11991.  
  11992. Find yourself another piece
  11993. of computing substrate to solve your ridiculously overconstrained
  11994. problems.
  11995.  
  11996. I mean it,
  11997.  
  11998. So do I,
  11999.  
  12000. Put up your Patronus Charm
  12001. and wait for the Aurors to find you. Be sensible. It's
  12002. over.
  12003.  
  12004. Give up...
  12005.  
  12006. You know,
  12007.  
  12008. if
  12009. you're not allowed to think
  12010.  
  12011. negative thoughts because
  12012. that will open your mind to the Dementors,
  12013.  
  12014. a
  12015. cognitive bias too, how would you know if it actually
  12016.  
  12017. time to give up?
  12018.  
  12019. She's got a valid point,
  12020.  
  12021. You
  12022.  
  12023. risk yourself for her, there's no way her life is as
  12024. valuable as yours.
  12025.  
  12026. not
  12027.  
  12028. above
  12029.  
  12030. This is ridiculous,
  12031.  
  12032. Rational
  12033. agents shouldn't have to put up with this sort of censored
  12034. reasoning process, all the theorems assume that how you think
  12035. doesn't affect reality apart from your actual actions, which is why
  12036. you're free to choose an optimal algorithm without worrying about
  12037. how your thoughts interact with Dementors -
  12038.  
  12039. That is a really dumb idea,
  12040.  
  12041. Even I
  12042. think it's a dumb idea and I'm your Gryffindor side. You're not
  12043. seriously going to just stand there and -
  12044.  
  12045. one
  12046.  
  12047. expected
  12048. them to stop.
  12049.  
  12050. expected
  12051. the Dementors to halt.
  12052.  
  12053. believed Dementors would
  12054. bargain.
  12055.  
  12056. Don't think of them as creatures, think of them as
  12057. psychosensitive objects, they can be controlled if I can control
  12058. myself -
  12059.  
  12060. couldn't
  12061.  
  12062. make
  12063.  
  12064. impossible
  12065.  
  12066. knew
  12067.  
  12068. no matter how harmful it was in this
  12069. unique special case -
  12070.  
  12071. repeat what you heard the Dementors say.
  12072.  
  12073. things,
  12074.  
  12075. expectations -
  12076.  
  12077. Her anticipations are more solidly believed than mine; she
  12078. is controlling them, unwittingly -
  12079.  
  12080. Somnium.
  12081.  
  12082. wouldn't
  12083.  
  12084. did
  12085.  
  12086. everyone
  12087.  
  12088. expecting
  12089.  
  12090. my, I'll just have
  12091. some nice regenerative rest here, and then I'll feel better,
  12092.  
  12093. my, I'll just collapse in emotional and
  12094. physical exhaustion,
  12095.  
  12096. And by the way,
  12097.  
  12098. you're
  12099. fired.
  12100.  
  12101. Who?
  12102.  
  12103. alive.
  12104.  
  12105. Stay on guard!
  12106.  
  12107. Innervate. Wingardium Leviosa.
  12108.  
  12109. that
  12110.  
  12111. us
  12112.  
  12113. Costs me nothing except my chance at vengeance -
  12114.  
  12115. Dumbledore,
  12116.  
  12117. Frigideiro
  12118.  
  12119. I
  12120.  
  12121. Lumos,
  12122.  
  12123. rather close
  12124. shave
  12125.  
  12126. planned
  12127.  
  12128. could
  12129.  
  12130. would
  12131.  
  12132. think,
  12133.  
  12134. All right, you primitive screwheads! Listen up!
  12135.  
  12136.  
  12137. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12138. CHAPTER 58 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/58
  12139. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12140.  
  12141. Army of Darkness,
  12142.  
  12143. boomstick!
  12144.  
  12145. efficient.
  12146.  
  12147. luckily
  12148.  
  12149. conscientiously
  12150.  
  12151. problem
  12152.  
  12153. really actually doing it in just a few minutes
  12154.  
  12155. scary,
  12156.  
  12157. would
  12158.  
  12159. fatal.
  12160.  
  12161. Seriously
  12162.  
  12163. could
  12164.  
  12165. Lose,
  12166.  
  12167. Lose
  12168.  
  12169. Lose,
  12170.  
  12171. sane
  12172.  
  12173. lost
  12174.  
  12175. Even though he's probably evil,
  12176.  
  12177. Even so?
  12178.  
  12179. people.
  12180.  
  12181. If you think your own life is valuable enough that you're
  12182. not willing to take on an eighty percent probability of dying in
  12183. order to protect all the prisoners in Azkaban,
  12184.  
  12185. there's no way you can justify taking a twenty
  12186. percent risk to your life to save Bellatrix and Professor Quirrell.
  12187. The math doesn't add up, you can't be assigning consistent
  12188. utilities over outcomes here.
  12189.  
  12190. done
  12191.  
  12192. What if the portkey doesn't take us where Professor Quirrell
  12193. said it did?
  12194.  
  12195. didn't
  12196.  
  12197. didn't
  12198.  
  12199. You can't do this,
  12200.  
  12201. At this point
  12202. we're talking mere stupidity.
  12203.  
  12204. I can't lose Professor Quirrell.
  12205.  
  12206. He tried to kill a police officer,
  12207.  
  12208. You already lost him, in that moment. Bellatrix is probably
  12209. just what everyone thinks she is. Just take your Cloak back, go
  12210. find Dumbledore and tell him you were tricked.
  12211.  
  12212. No,
  12213.  
  12214. not without talking
  12215. to Professor Quirrell, there might be an explanation, I don't know,
  12216. maybe he was standing far enough away from my Patronus that the
  12217. Dementors got to him... I don't understand, it doesn't make sense
  12218. on any hypothesis, why he would do that... I can't
  12219. just...<br />
  12220.  
  12221. Your reasoning is artificially impaired,
  12222.  
  12223. find a way to unimpair it.
  12224.  
  12225. All right, let's just generate alternatives,
  12226.  
  12227. Not choose, not weigh, certainly not commit... just
  12228. think about what else I might be able to do besides the original
  12229. plan.
  12230.  
  12231. didn't
  12232.  
  12233. Let Bellatrix and Professor Quirrell use the escape route
  12234. you invented. You stay behind, and turn yourself in.
  12235.  
  12236. didn't
  12237.  
  12238. didn't
  12239.  
  12240. Finite Incantatem,"
  12241.  
  12242. Finite Incantatem
  12243.  
  12244. needed
  12245.  
  12246. inviting,
  12247.  
  12248. was
  12249.  
  12250. would
  12251.  
  12252. did
  12253.  
  12254. sane
  12255.  
  12256. "What wass... that noisse?
  12257.  
  12258. Teacher,
  12259.  
  12260. Are you... all right, teacher?
  12261.  
  12262. Teacher?
  12263.  
  12264. Where
  12265. iss thiss?
  12266.  
  12267. Prisson,
  12268.  
  12269. the prisson with
  12270. life-eaterss, we were to resscue a woman, you and I. You tried to
  12271. sslay the protector man, I blocked your killing cursse, there was a
  12272. ressonance between uss... you fell unconssciouss, I had to defeat
  12273. the protector man mysself... my guardian Charm wass disspelled, the
  12274. life-eaterss could tell the protectorss that the woman had
  12275. esscaped. There iss ssomeone here who can ssensse my guardian
  12276. Charm, probably the sschoolmasster... so had to disspell my
  12277. guardian Charm, find different way to hide you and the woman from
  12278. life-eaterss without guardian Charm, learn to protect mysself
  12279. without guardian Charm, sscare off life-eaterss without guardian
  12280. Charm, then devisse new esscape plan for you and the woman, and
  12281. finally, cut hole in thick metal wall of prisson even though I am
  12282. only firsst-year sstudent. No time to explain, you musst go now. If
  12283. we never meet again, teacher, then I was glad to know you for a
  12284. time, even though you are probably evil. It iss good to have the
  12285. chance to ssay thiss much: Goodbye.
  12286.  
  12287. or
  12288.  
  12289. Sstop!
  12290.  
  12291. Sstop, sstop, sstop! What do you mean, goodbye?
  12292.  
  12293. Esscape plan iss rissky,
  12294.  
  12295. My life iss
  12296. not at sstake, only yourss and herss. Sso I am sstaying, turning
  12297. mysself in -
  12298.  
  12299. No!
  12300.  
  12301. Musst not! Not permitted!
  12302.  
  12303. No longer trusst you,
  12304.  
  12305. Not
  12306. ssince you tried to sslay the protector man.
  12307.  
  12308. I did not sseek to sslay the
  12309. protector man! Are you fool, boy? Sslaying him would not make
  12310. ssensse, evil or no!
  12311.  
  12312. Sslay him? Had I
  12313. ssought to sslay him he would have been dead within ssecondss, fool
  12314. boy, he wass no match for me! I ssought to ssubdue, to dominate,
  12315. force him to drop sshieldss upon hiss mind, needed to read him, to
  12316. know who awaited hiss reply, learn detailss for memory sspell
  12317. -"
  12318.  
  12319. You casst killing cursse!
  12320.  
  12321. Knew he would dodge!
  12322.  
  12323. Wass hiss life worth sso little? What if he did not
  12324. dodge?
  12325.  
  12326. Would have pusshed him out of the way with own magic, fool
  12327. boy!
  12328.  
  12329. Witlesss dunce of a plotter,
  12330.  
  12331. clever imbecile, cunning idiot, fool of an
  12332. untrained Sslytherin, your missplaced misstrust hass ruined
  12333. -"
  12334.  
  12335. Thiss iss not a fair time to argue,
  12336.  
  12337. Ssince I cannot get angry
  12338. at you properly, without opening mysself to life-eaterss. Musst
  12339. russh, ssomeone may have heard noisse -"
  12340.  
  12341. Explain esscape plan,
  12342.  
  12343. Sswiftly!
  12344.  
  12345. Tell woman
  12346. to look away, casst sspell of ssilence, sset guardian Charm outside
  12347. door. Will transsform mysself, make few sswift improvementss to
  12348. your invention, give woman emergency potion sso sshe can sshield
  12349. uss, transsform back before you disspell Charm. Plan will be
  12350. ssafer, then.
  12351.  
  12352. And am I to believe,
  12353.  
  12354. "that healer
  12355. for woman truly awaitss uss?
  12356.  
  12357. Usse ssensse, boy! Ssupposse I am evil. To end usse of you
  12358. here iss obvioussly not what I planned. Misssion iss target of
  12359. opportunity, invented after ssaw your guardian Charm, whole affair
  12360. meant to be unnoticed, hid when left eating-place. Obvioussly you
  12361. will ssee persson pretending to be healer on arrival! Go back to
  12362. eating-place afterward, original plan carriess on
  12363. undissturbed!
  12364.  
  12365. Sso,
  12366.  
  12367. what iss your plan for me,
  12368. precissely?
  12369.  
  12370. You ssaid no time,
  12371.  
  12372. but
  12373. plan iss for you to rule country, obvioussly, even your young noble
  12374. friend hass undersstood that by now, assk him on return if you
  12375. wissh. Will ssay no more now, iss time to fly, not
  12376. sspeak.
  12377.  
  12378. that
  12379.  
  12380. All right, you primitive screwheads!
  12381.  
  12382. Listen up!<br />
  12383.  
  12384. You see this?
  12385.  
  12386. This...
  12387.  
  12388. Is...
  12389.  
  12390. My...
  12391.  
  12392. those
  12393.  
  12394. BROOMSTICK!
  12395.  
  12396. Berserker PFRC
  12397.  
  12398.  
  12399. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12400. CHAPTER 59 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/59
  12401. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12402.  
  12403. noticed
  12404.  
  12405. instinctively
  12406. expected them to work
  12407.  
  12408. entirely overlook their physical absurdity.
  12409.  
  12410. thinking of the question
  12411.  
  12412. think
  12413.  
  12414. not
  12415.  
  12416. not
  12417.  
  12418. not
  12419.  
  12420. longest
  12421.  
  12422. crap*
  12423.  
  12424. *Newton*
  12425.  
  12426. her
  12427.  
  12428. calmer if not quieter
  12429.  
  12430. that
  12431.  
  12432. why
  12433.  
  12434. I asssure you, boy, I would not attempt thisss if I did not
  12435. anticipate my own ssurvival
  12436.  
  12437. anything whatsoever
  12438.  
  12439. WHAT?
  12440.  
  12441. Is there some way of transplanting an imaginary personality
  12442. to someone else's head?
  12443.  
  12444. I don't want to
  12445. live in yours anymore.
  12446.  
  12447. should
  12448.  
  12449. We're not really cut out for this, are we?
  12450.  
  12451. Hey,
  12452.  
  12453. we can't
  12454. expect to do anything perfectly the first time, we probably just
  12455. need more practice FORGET I SAID THAT.
  12456.  
  12457. What do you mean?
  12458.  
  12459. Does she think she's dead, that this is Heaven?
  12460.  
  12461. that?
  12462.  
  12463. are
  12464.  
  12465. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING -
  12466.  
  12467. ssleep for a conssiderable time,
  12468.  
  12469. was
  12470.  
  12471. Is she breathing?
  12472.  
  12473. Trust Professor Quirrell to have not endangered
  12474. her?
  12475.  
  12476. would
  12477.  
  12478. Teacher?
  12479.  
  12480. now
  12481.  
  12482. wanted
  12483.  
  12484. needed
  12485.  
  12486. we
  12487.  
  12488. She appears concerned,
  12489.  
  12490. Is that what a real healer
  12491. would say, or is it what someone told to put on a performance would
  12492. say?
  12493.  
  12494. Oh,
  12495.  
  12496. that makes sense; Professor Quirrell must have
  12497. used a different name.
  12498.  
  12499. he
  12500.  
  12501. Her...
  12502.  
  12503. Is that a
  12504. good idea?
  12505.  
  12506. Innervate.
  12507.  
  12508. And
  12509.  
  12510. What do you think?
  12511.  
  12512. Performance,
  12513. or reality?
  12514.  
  12515. Can't tell,
  12516.  
  12517. I'm not in
  12518. top critical form right now.
  12519.  
  12520. Can anyone think of a good probe to gather more
  12521. information?
  12522.  
  12523. that?
  12524.  
  12525. left,
  12526.  
  12527. I'm voting that this is a performance,
  12528.  
  12529. She wouldn't just blurt all that out in response to one
  12530. question unless she was looking for an opportunity.
  12531.  
  12532. Noted, but I'm putting a low weight of confidence on
  12533. that,
  12534.  
  12535. It's very hard not to let your
  12536. suspicions control your perceptions when you're trying to weigh
  12537. evidence that subtle.
  12538.  
  12539. Were you out of your mind?
  12540.  
  12541. Obliviate
  12542.  
  12543. That's it
  12544.  
  12545. I think the performance is finished,
  12546.  
  12547. I give it two and a half out of five stars. She's
  12548. probably not a very experienced actor.
  12549.  
  12550. I wonder if a real healer would seem more fake than an actor
  12551. told to play one?
  12552.  
  12553. <br />
  12554.  
  12555. Lumos
  12556.  
  12557.  
  12558. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12559. CHAPTER 60 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/60
  12560. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12561.  
  12562. No, I didn't mean it, please don't die -
  12563.  
  12564. I can't remember my children's names any more -
  12565.  
  12566. Don't go, don't take it away, don't don't don't -
  12567.  
  12568. What was that place? That wasn't a prison, that was
  12569. HELL!
  12570.  
  12571. People
  12572.  
  12573. made
  12574.  
  12575. purpose,
  12576.  
  12577. deliberately,
  12578.  
  12579. decided
  12580.  
  12581. drag
  12582.  
  12583. without
  12584. letting her out
  12585.  
  12586. HOW COULD PEOPLE DO THAT?
  12587.  
  12588. not
  12589.  
  12590. everyone else,
  12591.  
  12592. why
  12593.  
  12594. doing this
  12595.  
  12596. they
  12597.  
  12598. told
  12599.  
  12600. you
  12601.  
  12602. is
  12603.  
  12604. your
  12605.  
  12606. was
  12607.  
  12608. own
  12609.  
  12610. excessive
  12611.  
  12612. A calculated ploy on his part, to make me feel guilty, put
  12613. me in a position where I must submit?
  12614.  
  12615. Genuine emotion on his part?
  12616.  
  12617. after
  12618.  
  12619. you
  12620.  
  12621. you
  12622.  
  12623. cross your mind?
  12624.  
  12625. done
  12626.  
  12627. you
  12628.  
  12629. must
  12630.  
  12631. tell me
  12632.  
  12633. stop
  12634.  
  12635. I
  12636.  
  12637. improve
  12638.  
  12639.  
  12640. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12641. CHAPTER 61 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/61
  12642. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12643.  
  12644. Determination, Destination, Deliberation!
  12645.  
  12646. M: What did the hat tell me to tell you?
  12647.  
  12648. - H
  12649.  
  12650. mode,
  12651.  
  12652. Eh?
  12653.  
  12654. earlier
  12655.  
  12656. invisibility cloak?
  12657.  
  12658. noise
  12659.  
  12660. What?
  12661.  
  12662. St. Mungos?
  12663.  
  12664. not
  12665.  
  12666. Afraid
  12667.  
  12668. not
  12669.  
  12670. how
  12671.  
  12672. how,
  12673.  
  12674. why,
  12675.  
  12676. who -
  12677.  
  12678. that
  12679.  
  12680. Potter?
  12681.  
  12682. else
  12683.  
  12684. Why,
  12685.  
  12686. did Mr. Potter even TELL our
  12687. Defense Professor about his brilliant new Charm for breaking out of
  12688. prisons -
  12689.  
  12690. Occlumens?
  12691.  
  12692. and he is
  12693. friends with the Weasley twins?
  12694.  
  12695. already
  12696.  
  12697. you
  12698.  
  12699. received
  12700.  
  12701. not
  12702.  
  12703. conclusions?
  12704.  
  12705. likely
  12706.  
  12707. reason
  12708.  
  12709. surely...
  12710.  
  12711. Harry
  12712.  
  12713. that...
  12714.  
  12715. Good news?
  12716.  
  12717. not
  12718.  
  12719. Bellatrix Black
  12720.  
  12721. Azkaban!
  12722.  
  12723. needless,
  12724.  
  12725. will
  12726.  
  12727. you
  12728.  
  12729. Harry
  12730.  
  12731. all
  12732.  
  12733. are
  12734.  
  12735. not
  12736.  
  12737. he
  12738.  
  12739. just
  12740.  
  12741. What?
  12742.  
  12743. that
  12744.  
  12745. hope
  12746.  
  12747. recondite
  12748.  
  12749. Worse?
  12750.  
  12751. Doesn't Harry just Transfigure the devices he uses in his
  12752. battles?
  12753.  
  12754. after
  12755.  
  12756. before
  12757.  
  12758. second
  12759.  
  12760. you
  12761.  
  12762. intended
  12763.  
  12764. is
  12765.  
  12766. Some hours later...
  12767.  
  12768. little
  12769.  
  12770.  
  12771. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12772. CHAPTER 62 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/62
  12773. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12774.  
  12775. If Harry Potter and Voldemort fight their war with Muggle
  12776. weapons there will be nothing left of the world but fire!
  12777.  
  12778. He is no ordinary first-year,
  12779.  
  12780. He is
  12781. marked as the Dark Lord's equal, and he has power the Dark Lord
  12782. knows not.
  12783.  
  12784. So now I've got to find some way to kill an immortal Dark
  12785. Wizard,
  12786.  
  12787. I
  12788. really wish you had told me that before I started
  12789. shopping...
  12790.  
  12791. do
  12792.  
  12793. trust
  12794.  
  12795. still
  12796.  
  12797. me!
  12798.  
  12799. am
  12800.  
  12801. Harry!
  12802.  
  12803. Expecto Patronum
  12804.  
  12805. after
  12806.  
  12807. that
  12808.  
  12809. her
  12810.  
  12811. after
  12812.  
  12813. knowing
  12814.  
  12815. legally
  12816.  
  12817. really
  12818.  
  12819. The Lord of the Rings
  12820.  
  12821. at once.
  12822.  
  12823. not
  12824.  
  12825. right
  12826.  
  12827. would
  12828.  
  12829. will
  12830.  
  12831. This is the cost to yourself,
  12832.  
  12833. even as you imposed costs on others. Will that change
  12834. your whole view of the matter, the way Professor Quirrell thinks it
  12835. will?
  12836.  
  12837. they
  12838.  
  12839. Fawkes -
  12840.  
  12841. Did I turn evil today, Fawkes? I didn't think I was evil... Do
  12842. you hate me now? If I've become something a phoenix hates, maybe I
  12843. should just give it up now, give up everything now and confess
  12844. -
  12845.  
  12846. no!
  12847.  
  12848. you
  12849.  
  12850. there
  12851.  
  12852. WHY DIDN'T YOU DO ANYTHING? WHY DIDN'T YOU LET THEM
  12853. OUT?
  12854.  
  12855. never
  12856.  
  12857. had
  12858.  
  12859. can't!
  12860.  
  12861. can't
  12862.  
  12863. WHY NOT? JUST GO IN AND TAKE THEM OUT!"
  12864.  
  12865. are
  12866.  
  12867. feeding people to Dementors!
  12868. Azkaban isn't a prison, it's a torture chamber and you're torturing
  12869. those people to DEATH!
  12870.  
  12871. But what would you have of me?
  12872.  
  12873. people
  12874.  
  12875. country
  12876.  
  12877. some
  12878.  
  12879. something
  12880.  
  12881. Azkaban is not just something! It's evil!
  12882.  
  12883. chaos
  12884.  
  12885. hating
  12886.  
  12887. What do you think, Fawkes?
  12888.  
  12889. listen
  12890.  
  12891. get
  12892.  
  12893. take
  12894.  
  12895. out,
  12896.  
  12897. cells -
  12898.  
  12899.  
  12900. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12901. CHAPTER 63 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/63
  12902. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  12903.  
  12904. Aftermath, Hermione Granger:
  12905.  
  12906. tired
  12907.  
  12908. whole
  12909.  
  12910. Caw?
  12911.  
  12912. done
  12913.  
  12914. going
  12915.  
  12916. is
  12917.  
  12918. couldn't
  12919.  
  12920. had
  12921.  
  12922. all
  12923.  
  12924. been
  12925.  
  12926. Who have you saved?
  12927.  
  12928. Aftermath, Fawkes:
  12929.  
  12930. Aftermath, Draco Malfoy:
  12931.  
  12932. Incendio
  12933.  
  12934. Everto
  12935.  
  12936. What?
  12937.  
  12938. suggest
  12939.  
  12940. tell
  12941.  
  12942. tomorrow
  12943.  
  12944. no one
  12945.  
  12946. able
  12947.  
  12948. mean
  12949.  
  12950. use
  12951.  
  12952. We
  12953.  
  12954. you
  12955.  
  12956. your
  12957.  
  12958. everyone,
  12959.  
  12960. herself
  12961.  
  12962. did it!
  12963.  
  12964. bitch
  12965.  
  12966. other
  12967.  
  12968. them
  12969.  
  12970. phoenix
  12971.  
  12972. What?
  12973.  
  12974. way
  12975.  
  12976. really
  12977.  
  12978. Quietus
  12979.  
  12980. Huh?
  12981.  
  12982. had
  12983.  
  12984. is
  12985.  
  12986. I know it was you.
  12987.  
  12988. WHAT THE -
  12989.  
  12990. you
  12991.  
  12992. any
  12993.  
  12994. Did
  12995.  
  12996. possible
  12997.  
  12998. how
  12999.  
  13000. can't
  13001.  
  13002. can't possibly
  13003.  
  13004. really
  13005.  
  13006. Aftermath: Neville Longbottom
  13007.  
  13008. wasn't
  13009.  
  13010. recognized
  13011.  
  13012. thought
  13013.  
  13014. This,
  13015.  
  13016. is
  13017. also your fault.
  13018.  
  13019. if it was all
  13020. a terrible mistake, if it was all a lie,
  13021.  
  13022. won't let you get hurt for what I did, no matter
  13023. what,
  13024.  
  13025. right now
  13026.  
  13027. just plain
  13028.  
  13029. stupid idea.
  13030.  
  13031. oh, wait, that's not
  13032. good
  13033.  
  13034. Molly Weasley
  13035.  
  13036. Bellatrix Black?
  13037.  
  13038. and
  13039.  
  13040. Classroom to the left of Transfiguration, 8 in the
  13041. morning.
  13042.  
  13043. - LL.
  13044.  
  13045. Quibbler
  13046.  
  13047. Aftermath: Lesath Lestrange.
  13048.  
  13049. hard
  13050.  
  13051. really should have.
  13052.  
  13053. Episkey
  13054.  
  13055. Quietus,
  13056.  
  13057. Homenum Revelio
  13058.  
  13059. didn't have anything to do with
  13060. it,
  13061.  
  13062. right
  13063. now,
  13064.  
  13065. Would I cry?
  13066.  
  13067. If I knew nothing, if
  13068. I was innocent, would I cry right now?
  13069.  
  13070. Yay, we
  13071. completed a quest and got a minion -
  13072.  
  13073. Shut up. If you ever want to vote on anything ever again...
  13074. shut up.
  13075.  
  13076. Aftermath, Amelia Bones:
  13077.  
  13078. water
  13079.  
  13080. very nice
  13081.  
  13082. had
  13083.  
  13084. had
  13085.  
  13086. I wonder who it was, and how
  13087. You-Know-Who manipulated them... what story they could
  13088.  
  13089. have been told...
  13090.  
  13091. not
  13092.  
  13093. Aftermath, Albus Dumbledore:
  13094.  
  13095. Aftermath, Professor Quirrell:
  13096.  
  13097. not
  13098.  
  13099. pester
  13100.  
  13101. one little question!
  13102.  
  13103. in bed
  13104.  
  13105. nothing
  13106.  
  13107. three days!
  13108.  
  13109. Aftermath, Minerva McGonagall:
  13110.  
  13111. wasn't
  13112.  
  13113. Aftermath, Fred and George Weasley:
  13114.  
  13115. that
  13116.  
  13117. very
  13118.  
  13119. very
  13120.  
  13121. must not
  13122.  
  13123. die!
  13124.  
  13125. must
  13126. refuse!
  13127.  
  13128. me,
  13129.  
  13130. I
  13131.  
  13132. life.
  13133.  
  13134. Aftermath, Alastor Moody and Severus Snape:
  13135.  
  13136. just what
  13137. they were expecting.
  13138.  
  13139. pretending
  13140.  
  13141. need
  13142.  
  13143. good
  13144.  
  13145. lucky
  13146.  
  13147. now
  13148.  
  13149. claimed
  13150.  
  13151. does
  13152.  
  13153. them
  13154.  
  13155. me,
  13156.  
  13157. knows
  13158.  
  13159. "Love potion?
  13160.  
  13161. Gah!
  13162.  
  13163. further
  13164.  
  13165. second Portus,
  13166.  
  13167. same portkey,
  13168.  
  13169. What?
  13170.  
  13171. we
  13172.  
  13173. this
  13174.  
  13175. is
  13176.  
  13177. other
  13178.  
  13179. No
  13180. one
  13181.  
  13182. Aftermath, Blaise Zabini:
  13183.  
  13184. not
  13185.  
  13186. not taking sides
  13187.  
  13188. Aftermath, Daphne Greengrass and Tracey Davis:
  13189.  
  13190. Aftermath, Harry Potter:
  13191.  
  13192. better
  13193.  
  13194. couldn't
  13195.  
  13196. jumped
  13197.  
  13198. optimal,
  13199.  
  13200. months
  13201.  
  13202. then.
  13203.  
  13204. You
  13205.  
  13206. the research on this,
  13207.  
  13208. it's just standard scarcity effects, like that
  13209. time where as soon as a county outlawed phosphate detergents,
  13210. people who'd never cared before drove to the next county in order
  13211. to buy huge loads of phosphate detergent, and surveys showed that
  13212. they rated phosphate detergents as gentler and more effective and
  13213. even easier-pouring... and if you give two-year-olds a choice
  13214. between a toy in the open and one protected by a barrier they can
  13215. go around, they'll ignore the toy in the open and go for the one
  13216. behind the barrier... salespeople know that they can sell things
  13217. just by telling the customer it might not be available... it was
  13218. all in Cialdini's book
  13219.  
  13220. everything you're
  13221. feeling right now, the grass is always greener on the side that's
  13222. not allowed.
  13223.  
  13224. jumped
  13225.  
  13226. was
  13227.  
  13228. know
  13229.  
  13230. that
  13231.  
  13232. seemed
  13233.  
  13234. just
  13235.  
  13236. just
  13237.  
  13238. false
  13239.  
  13240. Harry
  13241.  
  13242. You know,
  13243.  
  13244. didn't you sort of ponder, once, how every different profession
  13245. has a different way to be excellent, how an excellent teacher isn't
  13246. like an excellent plumber; but they all have in common certain
  13247. methods of not being stupid; and that one of the most important
  13248. such techniques is to face up to your little mistakes before they
  13249. turn into BIG mistakes?
  13250.  
  13251. The point being,
  13252.  
  13253. it's
  13254. getting worse literally by the minute. The way spies turn people
  13255. is, they get them to commit a little sin, and then they use the
  13256. little sin to blackmail them into a bigger sin, and then they use
  13257. THAT sin to make them do even bigger things and then the
  13258. blackmailer owns their soul.
  13259.  
  13260. Didn't you once think about how the person being
  13261. blackmailed, if they could foresee the whole path, would just
  13262. decide to take the punch on the first step, take the hit of
  13263. exposing that first sin? Didn't you decide that you would do that,
  13264. if anyone ever tried to blackmail you into doing something major in
  13265. order to conceal something little? Do you see the similarity here,
  13266. Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres?
  13267.  
  13268. freeing Bellatrix from
  13269. Azkaban,
  13270.  
  13271. did
  13272.  
  13273. You don't think they'll be impressed by your honesty and
  13274. rationality and foresight in stopping this before it snowballs even
  13275. further?
  13276.  
  13277. not
  13278.  
  13279. entire
  13280.  
  13281. entire
  13282.  
  13283. once
  13284.  
  13285. I have to do this... because... I promised Hermione I'd come
  13286. back from lunch!
  13287.  
  13288. that
  13289.  
  13290. right
  13291.  
  13292. first
  13293.  
  13294. before
  13295.  
  13296. My working hypothesis is that you're stupid,
  13297.  
  13298. That is not a useful fault analysis,
  13299.  
  13300. If you want a little more detail,
  13301.  
  13302. the Defense Professor of Hogwarts was all like 'Let's get
  13303. Bellatrix Black out of Azkaban!' and you were like 'Okay!'
  13304.  
  13305. Hold on, THAT'S not fair -
  13306.  
  13307. Hey,
  13308.  
  13309. notice how, once you're all
  13310. the way up here, and the individual trees sort of blur together,
  13311. you can actually see the shape of the forest?
  13312.  
  13313. had
  13314.  
  13315. no
  13316.  
  13317. break
  13318. Bellatrix Black out of Azkaban.
  13319.  
  13320. fair
  13321.  
  13322. this
  13323.  
  13324. didn't
  13325.  
  13326. that
  13327.  
  13328. really
  13329.  
  13330. sounded
  13331.  
  13332. convenient,
  13333.  
  13334. because
  13335.  
  13336. sane
  13337.  
  13338. wrong,
  13339.  
  13340. did
  13341.  
  13342. too
  13343. negative.
  13344.  
  13345. Really?
  13346.  
  13347. Professor Quirrell is too
  13348. pessimistic? So pessimistic that his expectations routinely
  13349.  
  13350. reality? Stuff him and put him in a museum, he's
  13351. unique. Which one of you two planned the perfect crime, and
  13352.  
  13353. put in all the error margin and fallbacks that ended up
  13354. saving your butt,
  13355.  
  13356. the perfect crime went
  13357. wrong? Hint hint, his name wasn't Harry Potter.
  13358.  
  13359. really
  13360.  
  13361. following
  13362.  
  13363. did
  13364.  
  13365. make a show of
  13366. kindness
  13367.  
  13368. obedience,
  13369.  
  13370. must
  13371.  
  13372. they
  13373.  
  13374. Why, Mr. Potter, even I had not been so cynical; I knew men
  13375. would betray their most cherished principles for money and power,
  13376. but I did not realize that a stern look also sufficed.
  13377.  
  13378. thought
  13379.  
  13380. feel
  13381.  
  13382. else
  13383.  
  13384. you
  13385.  
  13386. You
  13387.  
  13388. refused
  13389.  
  13390. strictly
  13391.  
  13392. lose
  13393.  
  13394. supermajority
  13395.  
  13396. someday
  13397.  
  13398. now
  13399.  
  13400. So is Professor Quirrell right, then?
  13401.  
  13402. Leaving out whether he's good or evil, is he
  13403.  
  13404. Are you, to them, whether they know it or not, their next Lord?
  13405. We'll just leave out the Dark part, that's him being cynical again.
  13406. But is it your intention now to rule? I've got to say, that makes
  13407. even
  13408.  
  13409. nervous.
  13410.  
  13411. Do you think you can be trusted with power?
  13412.  
  13413. Isn't there some sort of rule that people who want
  13414. power shouldn't have it? Maybe we should make Hermione the ruler
  13415. instead.<br />
  13416.  
  13417. Do you think you're fit to run a society and not have it
  13418. collapse into total chaos inside of three weeks flat?
  13419.  
  13420. Imagine how loudly Mum would scream if she'd heard
  13421. you'd been elected Prime Minister, now ask yourself, are you sure
  13422. she's wrong about that?
  13423.  
  13424. Actually,
  13425.  
  13426. I have to point out that
  13427. all this political stuff sounds overwhelmingly boring. How about if
  13428. we leave all the electioneering to Draco and stick to science? It's
  13429. what we're actually good at, and that's been known to improve the
  13430. human condition too, y'know.
  13431.  
  13432. Slow down,
  13433.  
  13434. we
  13435. don't have to decide everything right now. We're allowed to ponder
  13436. the problem as fully as possible before coming to a
  13437. solution.
  13438.  
  13439. not already made up your
  13440. mind
  13441.  
  13442. Lost him! Why did I lose him? Because he said Avada Kedavra
  13443. and there was in fact a perfectly good reason even though I didn't
  13444. see it for a couple of hours? Why can't things go back to the way
  13445. they were?
  13446.  
  13447. been
  13448.  
  13449. What did I see...?
  13450.  
  13451. How many different people are you, anyway?
  13452.  
  13453. I cannot say that I bothered keeping count.
  13454.  
  13455. turned into
  13456.  
  13457. Is that how other people will start thinking of me, if I get
  13458. too Slytherin? If I pull off too many plots, will I never be able
  13459. to smile at anyone again, without them wondering what I really mean
  13460. by it?
  13461.  
  13462. alone...
  13463.  
  13464. within
  13465.  
  13466. up
  13467.  
  13468. superiors.
  13469.  
  13470. Why am I different from the other children my age?
  13471.  
  13472. I will say this much, Mr. Potter: You are already an
  13473. Occlumens, and I think you will become a perfect Occlumens before
  13474. long. Identity does not mean, to such as us, what it means to other
  13475. people. Anyone we can imagine, we can be; and the true difference
  13476. about you, Mr. Potter, is that you have an unusually good
  13477. imagination. A playwright must contain his characters, he must be
  13478. larger than them in order to enact them within his mind. To an
  13479. actor or spy or politician, the limit of his own diameter is the
  13480. limit of who he can pretend to be, the limit of which face he may
  13481. wear as a mask. But for such as you and I, anyone we can imagine,
  13482. we can
  13483.  
  13484. in reality and not pretense.
  13485.  
  13486. While you
  13487. imagined yourself a child, Mr. Potter, you
  13488.  
  13489. a child.
  13490. Yet there are other existences you could support, larger
  13491. existences, if you wished. Why are you so free, and so great in
  13492. your circumference, when other children your age are small and
  13493. constrained? Why can you imagine and
  13494.  
  13495. selves more
  13496. adult than a mere child of a playwright should be able to compose?
  13497. That I do not know, and I must not say what I guess. But what you
  13498. have, Mr. Potter, is freedom.
  13499.  
  13500. realized
  13501.  
  13502. wrong
  13503.  
  13504. truly
  13505.  
  13506. Beauxbatons: A
  13507. History
  13508.  
  13509. completely ridiculous
  13510.  
  13511. Harry!
  13512.  
  13513. fair
  13514.  
  13515. had
  13516.  
  13517. him
  13518.  
  13519. on?
  13520.  
  13521. join
  13522.  
  13523. those
  13524.  
  13525. that
  13526.  
  13527. completely flabbergasted.
  13528.  
  13529. wanted
  13530.  
  13531. supposed
  13532.  
  13533. don't
  13534.  
  13535. explode
  13536.  
  13537. spit
  13538.  
  13539. boy
  13540.  
  13541. do
  13542.  
  13543. supposed
  13544.  
  13545. I
  13546.  
  13547. I
  13548.  
  13549. was
  13550.  
  13551. not
  13552.  
  13553. What?
  13554.  
  13555. ever
  13556.  
  13557. that?
  13558.  
  13559. Lumos
  13560.  
  13561. A little bird told me that Dumbledore has shut the door of
  13562. your cage.
  13563.  
  13564. I must admit, on this occasion, that Dumbledore may have a
  13565. point. Bellatrix Black is loosed upon the world once more, and that
  13566. is not good news for any good person. If I stood in Dumbledore's
  13567. place, I might well do the same.
  13568.  
  13569. But just in case... The Salem Witches' Institute in America
  13570. accepts boys as well, despite the name. They are good people and
  13571. would protect you even from Dumbledore, if you needed it. Britain
  13572. holds that you need Dumbledore's permission to emigrate to magical
  13573. America, but magical America disagrees. So in the final extremity,
  13574. get outside the wards of Hogwarts and tear in half the King of
  13575. Hearts from this deck of cards.
  13576.  
  13577. That you should resort to it only in the final extremity
  13578. goes without saying.
  13579.  
  13580. Be well, Harry Potter.
  13581.  
  13582. - Santa Claus
  13583.  
  13584. couldn't
  13585.  
  13586. already
  13587.  
  13588. known
  13589.  
  13590. "DON'T GO!" The voice came in a scream from behind the metal
  13591. door. "No, no, no, don't go, don't take it away, don't don't don't
  13592. -"
  13593.  
  13594. He'd
  13595.  
  13596. "No, I didn't mean it, please don't die!"
  13597.  
  13598. "No, I didn't mean it, please don't die!"
  13599.  
  13600. "No, I didn't mean it, please don't die!"
  13601.  
  13602. had to do
  13603. something, had to DO SOMETHING -
  13604.  
  13605. Final Aftermath:
  13606.  
  13607. she could not understand what she had seen
  13608.  
  13609.  
  13610. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  13611. CHAPTER 64 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/64
  13612. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  13613.  
  13614. bad
  13615.  
  13616. How to Actually Change Your
  13617. Mind.
  13618.  
  13619. <br />
  13620.  
  13621. just
  13622.  
  13623. thus it would amuse
  13624. me to do, if I meant to rule...
  13625.  
  13626. will
  13627.  
  13628. see
  13629.  
  13630. know
  13631.  
  13632. not
  13633.  
  13634. still
  13635.  
  13636. looking...
  13637.  
  13638. almost
  13639.  
  13640. almost
  13641.  
  13642. No!
  13643.  
  13644. me
  13645.  
  13646. her.
  13647.  
  13648. us
  13649.  
  13650. honesty!
  13651.  
  13652. investigation!
  13653.  
  13654. formulating
  13655. alternative hypotheses!
  13656.  
  13657. creativity!
  13658.  
  13659. analysis!
  13660.  
  13661. peer
  13662. review!
  13663.  
  13664. Did you expect me to just stand there and let you
  13665. finish?
  13666.  
  13667. She - she just - she
  13668. -
  13669.  
  13670. That wasn't a disintegration,
  13671.  
  13672. I sent her somewhere else.
  13673.  
  13674. I put the little pony in the same place I bound my pathetic
  13675. sister, in the heart of her pathetic Sun.
  13676.  
  13677. Oh, don't worry. The power of the Nightmare surrounds your
  13678. little friend, keeping her safe and cool, sustaining her without
  13679. food or drink. She will suffer nothing more than
  13680. boredom...
  13681.  
  13682. ...so long as the Nightmare's power is not broken. By any
  13683. backup plans my sister may have set in motion, for example, and
  13684. which may be known to you. In that case she will vaporize
  13685. instantly. Such a lovely thing, friendship. It makes such a
  13686. wonderful instrument of blackmail. Be sure to keep safe the
  13687. Elements of Inquiry. You wouldn't want anyone else using them on
  13688. me, now would you?
  13689.  
  13690. Now if you'll pardon me, my little ponies, I have an eternal
  13691. night to rule over.
  13692.  
  13693. has
  13694.  
  13695. must
  13696.  
  13697. him
  13698.  
  13699. tell
  13700.  
  13701. must
  13702.  
  13703. why
  13704.  
  13705. everything!
  13706.  
  13707. this
  13708.  
  13709. This has now inspired an extended fanfiction, _Lighting Up
  13710. the Dark_ by Velorien.
  13711.  
  13712. study
  13713.  
  13714. you
  13715.  
  13716. me?
  13717.  
  13718. head of her institute
  13719.  
  13720. have
  13721.  
  13722. is,
  13723.  
  13724. our
  13725.  
  13726. sick
  13727.  
  13728. every single week!
  13729.  
  13730. interstellar travel
  13731.  
  13732. know
  13733.  
  13734. way
  13735.  
  13736. somehow
  13737.  
  13738. By the power of Bayes's
  13739. Theorem!
  13740.  
  13741. I am the core of my
  13742. thoughts<br />
  13743. Belief is my body<br />
  13744. And choice is my blood<br />
  13745. I have revised over a thousand judgments<br />
  13746. Unafraid of loss<br />
  13747. Nor aware of gain<br />
  13748.  
  13749. Have withstood pain to update many
  13750. times<br />
  13751. Waiting for truth's arrival.<br />
  13752. This is the one uncertain path.
  13753.  
  13754. My whole life has been...<br />
  13755. Unlimited Bayes Works!
  13756.  
  13757. Anywhere but Ravenclaw anywhere but Ravenclaw oh please
  13758. anywhere but Ravenclaw...
  13759.  
  13760. (Note: Written after I heard Alicorn was writing a Twilight
  13761. fanfic, but before I read _Luminosity_. It's obvious if you're one
  13762. of us.)
  13763.  
  13764. A cock crows. Exit Ghost.
  13765.  
  13766. whale?
  13767.  
  13768. quite
  13769.  
  13770. very
  13771.  
  13772. very
  13773.  
  13774. took a watch out of its waistcoat-
  13775. pocket,
  13776.  
  13777. (politely)
  13778.  
  13779. decreases
  13780.  
  13781. the bodies
  13782. of the dead, fed to the living?
  13783.  
  13784. you
  13785.  
  13786. (in a small voice)
  13787.  
  13788.  
  13789. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  13790. CHAPTER 65 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/65
  13791. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  13792.  
  13793. notice,
  13794.  
  13795. not understand
  13796.  
  13797. own
  13798.  
  13799. for
  13800.  
  13801. hoped
  13802.  
  13803. what?
  13804.  
  13805. did
  13806.  
  13807. kept on
  13808.  
  13809. kept on
  13810.  
  13811. go on
  13812.  
  13813. scientific
  13814.  
  13815. mistaken,
  13816.  
  13817. systematically
  13818.  
  13819. evidence
  13820.  
  13821. something
  13822.  
  13823. not important.
  13824.  
  13825. something
  13826.  
  13827. strange
  13828.  
  13829. isn't
  13830.  
  13831. believe
  13832.  
  13833. he's
  13834.  
  13835. complicated
  13836.  
  13837. hard.
  13838.  
  13839. a lot
  13840.  
  13841. older
  13842.  
  13843. Harry
  13844.  
  13845. fourth-year
  13846. version
  13847.  
  13848. whatever
  13849.  
  13850. smash
  13851.  
  13852. have
  13853.  
  13854. seem
  13855.  
  13856. Mr. Potter!
  13857.  
  13858. think
  13859.  
  13860. lot
  13861.  
  13862. older,
  13863.  
  13864. Like
  13865. Albus.
  13866.  
  13867. that
  13868.  
  13869. weren't
  13870.  
  13871. not
  13872.  
  13873. Not Albus - surely
  13874. Albus would never
  13875.  
  13876. that to any student -
  13877.  
  13878. actually
  13879.  
  13880. not
  13881.  
  13882. Sso,
  13883.  
  13884. What did you
  13885. wissh to ssay?
  13886.  
  13887. Sschoolmasster thinkss that woman'ss
  13888. former Lord iss the one who sstole her from prisson
  13889.  
  13890. had
  13891.  
  13892. only
  13893.  
  13894. not
  13895.  
  13896. He believess that one iss alive?
  13897.  
  13898. Ssomehow I am not
  13899. ssurprissed.
  13900.  
  13901. Yess,
  13902.  
  13903. very amussing, I am
  13904. ssure. Except now am sstuck in Hogwartss for next ssix years, for
  13905. ssafety! I have decided that I will, indeed, sseek power; and
  13906. confinement iss not helpful for that. Musst convince sschoolmasster
  13907. that Dark Lord iss not yet awakened, that esscape was work of ssome
  13908. other power -
  13909.  
  13910. Amateur
  13911. foolisshnesss.
  13912.  
  13913. Pardon?
  13914.  
  13915. You ssee misstake, think of undoing, ssetting time back to
  13916. sstart. Yet not even with hourglasss can time be undone. Musst move
  13917. forward insstead. You think of convincing otherss they are
  13918. misstaken. Far eassier to convince them they are right. Sso
  13919. conssider, boy: what new happensstance would make schoolmasster
  13920. decide you were ssafe once more, ssimultaneoussly advance your
  13921. other agendass?"
  13922.  
  13923. Iss it not obviouss?
  13924.  
  13925. To free yoursself, to gain
  13926. power in Britain, you musst again be sseen to defeat the Dark
  13927. Lord.
  13928.  
  13929. Sso,
  13930.  
  13931. Let uss be clear on
  13932. what iss propossed. You ssuggesst that we sset up imposstor to
  13933. imperssonate Dark Lord."
  13934.  
  13935. Ssomething like that.
  13936.  
  13937. Woman we resscued will
  13938. cooperate, sshould be mosst convincing when sshe iss sseen at hiss
  13939. sside.
  13940.  
  13941. You are
  13942. kidnapped from Hogwartss to public location, many witnesssess,
  13943. wardss keep out protectorss. Dark Lord announcess that he hass at
  13944. long lasst regained physical form, after wandering as sspirit for
  13945. yearss; ssayss that he hass gained sstill greater power, not even
  13946. you can sstop him now. Offerss to let you duel. You casst guardian
  13947. Charm, Dark Lord laughss at you, ssayss he iss not life-eater.
  13948. Casstss Killing Cursse at you, you block, watcherss ssee Dark Lord
  13949. explode -"
  13950.  
  13951. Casst Killing Cursse?
  13952.  
  13953. At me? Again? Ssecond time? Nobody will believe Dark Lord
  13954. could posssibly be that sstupid -
  13955.  
  13956. You and I are only two people in country who would notice
  13957. that,
  13958.  
  13959. Trusst me on thiss,
  13960. boy.
  13961.  
  13962. What if there iss third, ssomeday?
  13963.  
  13964. Could write different
  13965. sscript for play, if you wissh. Whatever sscenario, sshould leave
  13966. open posssibility Dark Lord might return yet again - nation musst
  13967. think they are sstill dependent on you to protect them.
  13968.  
  13969. Well?
  13970.  
  13971. second
  13972.  
  13973. more
  13974.  
  13975. another
  13976.  
  13977. exactly
  13978.  
  13979. no
  13980.  
  13981. Will think about it,
  13982.  
  13983. Will not
  13984. ansswer right away, thiss time, will enumerate risskss and
  13985. benefitss firsst -
  13986.  
  13987. Undersstood,
  13988.  
  13989. But remember
  13990. thiss, boy, other eventss proceed without you. Hessitation iss
  13991. alwayss eassy, rarely usseful."
  13992.  
  13993. didn't
  13994.  
  13995. just
  13996.  
  13997. not
  13998.  
  13999. was
  14000.  
  14001. had
  14002.  
  14003. had
  14004.  
  14005. who'd
  14006.  
  14007. supposed
  14008.  
  14009. carefully
  14010.  
  14011. explicitly
  14012.  
  14013.  
  14014. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14015. CHAPTER 66 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/66
  14016. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14017.  
  14018. Hessitation iss alwayss eassy, rarely usseful.
  14019.  
  14020. answering
  14021.  
  14022. delayed action
  14023.  
  14024. hesitating
  14025.  
  14026. choose
  14027.  
  14028. tempting
  14029.  
  14030. not choosing
  14031.  
  14032. what
  14033.  
  14034. when
  14035.  
  14036. how
  14037.  
  14038. do
  14039.  
  14040. weren't
  14041.  
  14042. in advance
  14043.  
  14044. really
  14045.  
  14046. fact
  14047.  
  14048. wasn't
  14049.  
  14050. that
  14051.  
  14052. No,
  14053.  
  14054. Reasson not?
  14055.  
  14056. Too rissky,
  14057.  
  14058. Think you
  14059. have learned wrong lessson, boy, from previouss failure. My planss
  14060. are not in habit of failing, and lasst one would have gone
  14061. flawlesssly, but for your own foolisshnesss. Correct lessson iss to
  14062. follow ssteps laid down for you by older and wisser Sslytherin,
  14063. tame your wild impulssess."
  14064.  
  14065. Lessson I learned is not to try plotss that would make
  14066. girl-child friend think I am evil or boy-child friend think I am
  14067. sstupid,
  14068.  
  14069. sssss
  14070.  
  14071. You told them -
  14072.  
  14073. Of coursse not! But know what they would ssay.
  14074.  
  14075. You sserioussly care what thosse two think?
  14076.  
  14077. True younglingss thosse two are, not like
  14078. you. Could not weigh adult matterss.
  14079.  
  14080. Might have done better than me,
  14081.  
  14082. Boy-child friend would have assked after ssecret motivess
  14083. before asssenting to resscue woman -
  14084.  
  14085. Glad you undersstand that now,
  14086.  
  14087. Alwayss assk after other'ss advantage. Next learn to
  14088. alwayss assk after your own. If my plan iss not to your tasste,
  14089. what iss yours?
  14090.  
  14091. If necesssary - sstay at sschool ssix yearss and sstudy.
  14092. Hogwartss sseemss fine place to dwell. Bookss, friendss, sstrange
  14093. but tassty food.
  14094.  
  14095. Eassy to
  14096. ssay that now. Ssuch as you and I, we do not tolerate
  14097. imprissonment. You will losse patience long before sseventh year,
  14098. perhapss before end of thiss one. I sshall plan
  14099. accordingly.
  14100.  
  14101. rules
  14102.  
  14103. Cedric Diggory!
  14104.  
  14105. all
  14106.  
  14107. two
  14108.  
  14109. down
  14110.  
  14111. see?
  14112.  
  14113. us!
  14114.  
  14115. Bellatrix Black!
  14116.  
  14117. know
  14118.  
  14119. worried?
  14120.  
  14121. honestly!
  14122.  
  14123. What?
  14124.  
  14125. mean,
  14126.  
  14127. all
  14128. week
  14129.  
  14130. after
  14131.  
  14132. actually
  14133.  
  14134. did you just mutter 'Gryffindors' under your voice?
  14135.  
  14136. she
  14137.  
  14138. down.
  14139.  
  14140. brilliant!
  14141.  
  14142. get
  14143.  
  14144. Thud.
  14145.  
  14146.  
  14147. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14148. CHAPTER 67 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/67
  14149. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14150.  
  14151. moved
  14152.  
  14153. change
  14154.  
  14155. the
  14156.  
  14157. merely
  14158.  
  14159. quite
  14160.  
  14161. not
  14162.  
  14163. not
  14164.  
  14165. not
  14166.  
  14167. was
  14168.  
  14169. really
  14170.  
  14171. help
  14172.  
  14173. Go!
  14174.  
  14175. had
  14176.  
  14177. more
  14178.  
  14179. used
  14180.  
  14181. weren't
  14182.  
  14183. Contegos
  14184.  
  14185. themselves
  14186.  
  14187. Stupefy!
  14188.  
  14189. smashed
  14190.  
  14191. Contego
  14192.  
  14193. Somnium!
  14194.  
  14195. Somnium!
  14196.  
  14197. see
  14198.  
  14199. missed
  14200.  
  14201. Stupefy!
  14202.  
  14203. other
  14204.  
  14205. had
  14206.  
  14207. cool,
  14208.  
  14209. her
  14210.  
  14211. Tonare!
  14212.  
  14213. Ravum Calvaria!
  14214.  
  14215. Lucis Gladius!
  14216.  
  14217. quite
  14218.  
  14219. should
  14220.  
  14221. I hight Daphne, of the Noble and Most Ancient House of
  14222. Greengrass!
  14223.  
  14224. Greengrass of Sunshine!
  14225.  
  14226. Let's see what you got, Nevvy!
  14227.  
  14228. Stupefy!
  14229.  
  14230. hit the stunbolt back
  14231. at Harry
  14232.  
  14233. Tonare!
  14234.  
  14235. Ravum Calvaria, Lucis
  14236. Gladius!
  14237.  
  14238. that
  14239.  
  14240. know
  14241.  
  14242. not
  14243.  
  14244. Stupefy
  14245.  
  14246. I
  14247.  
  14248. Contego
  14249.  
  14250. had
  14251.  
  14252. god
  14253.  
  14254. I'm
  14255.  
  14256. Wingardium
  14257. Leviosa
  14258.  
  14259. this,
  14260.  
  14261. looked
  14262.  
  14263. Well here's Super Hermione!
  14264.  
  14265. Stupefy!
  14266.  
  14267. Somnium!
  14268.  
  14269. SOMNIUM, CURSE YOU!
  14270.  
  14271. knew
  14272.  
  14273. Somnium!
  14274.  
  14275. crazy.
  14276.  
  14277. Stupidity is doing the same thing and expecting a different
  14278. result,
  14279.  
  14280. Harry's
  14281.  
  14282. could
  14283.  
  14284. Luminos!
  14285.  
  14286. Dulak!
  14287.  
  14288. was
  14289.  
  14290. Expelliarmus!
  14291.  
  14292. Flipendo!
  14293.  
  14294. metallic
  14295.  
  14296. Somnium!
  14297.  
  14298. this
  14299.  
  14300. dodged!
  14301.  
  14302. Code seven on Malfoy!
  14303.  
  14304. Prismatis!
  14305.  
  14306. Somnium!
  14307.  
  14308. athletic
  14309.  
  14310. Lagann!
  14311.  
  14312. Somnium!
  14313.  
  14314. drop
  14315.  
  14316. Somnium
  14317.  
  14318.  
  14319. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14320. CHAPTER 68 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/68
  14321. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14322.  
  14323. What?
  14324.  
  14325. had
  14326.  
  14327. almost
  14328.  
  14329. could
  14330.  
  14331. Finite Incantatem
  14332.  
  14333. well-reasoned,
  14334.  
  14335. Nonetheless,
  14336.  
  14337. What?
  14338.  
  14339. Professor Quirrell!
  14340.  
  14341. suspicious
  14342.  
  14343. expected
  14344.  
  14345. annoyed
  14346.  
  14347. any
  14348.  
  14349. wasn't
  14350.  
  14351. let
  14352.  
  14353. suspicious
  14354.  
  14355. had
  14356.  
  14357. really
  14358.  
  14359. look
  14360.  
  14361. you
  14362.  
  14363. me
  14364.  
  14365. I
  14366.  
  14367. I'm only twelve,
  14368.  
  14369. once
  14370.  
  14371. had
  14372.  
  14373. whole army
  14374.  
  14375. expecting
  14376.  
  14377. he
  14378.  
  14379. never
  14380.  
  14381. afterward.
  14382.  
  14383. happened?
  14384.  
  14385. upward.
  14386.  
  14387. re
  14388.  
  14389. was
  14390.  
  14391. absolutely
  14392.  
  14393. should've
  14394.  
  14395. with,
  14396.  
  14397. she didn't know what to do anymore.
  14398.  
  14399. Harry Potter
  14400.  
  14401. trying
  14402.  
  14403. not
  14404.  
  14405. inside
  14406.  
  14407. still
  14408.  
  14409. hero?
  14410.  
  14411. you
  14412.  
  14413. fair,
  14414.  
  14415. got
  14416.  
  14417. Being
  14418.  
  14419. are
  14420.  
  14421. swallowed up,
  14422.  
  14423. you
  14424.  
  14425. his,
  14426.  
  14427. is
  14428.  
  14429. does
  14430.  
  14431. not
  14432.  
  14433. glory,
  14434.  
  14435. been
  14436.  
  14437. all
  14438.  
  14439. me.
  14440.  
  14441. did
  14442.  
  14443. original
  14444.  
  14445. was
  14446.  
  14447. know
  14448. thyself,
  14449.  
  14450. are
  14451.  
  14452. right
  14453.  
  14454. that
  14455.  
  14456. think
  14457.  
  14458. you
  14459.  
  14460. imagine
  14461.  
  14462. dream
  14463.  
  14464. What
  14465.  
  14466. happened
  14467.  
  14468. why
  14469.  
  14470. Bellatrix Black?
  14471.  
  14472. Bellatrix
  14473. Black?
  14474.  
  14475. keep up
  14476.  
  14477. do
  14478.  
  14479. equal
  14480.  
  14481. eleven.
  14482.  
  14483. she
  14484.  
  14485. you
  14486.  
  14487. that.
  14488.  
  14489. are
  14490.  
  14491. could
  14492.  
  14493.  
  14494. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14495. CHAPTER 69 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/69
  14496. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14497.  
  14498. almost
  14499.  
  14500. nothing,
  14501.  
  14502. person
  14503.  
  14504. Somnium!
  14505.  
  14506. thump
  14507.  
  14508. Somnium!
  14509.  
  14510. Protego!
  14511.  
  14512. real
  14513.  
  14514. Now
  14515.  
  14516. Stupefy!
  14517.  
  14518. aim
  14519.  
  14520. Stupefy!
  14521.  
  14522. Expelliarmus! Stupefy!
  14523.  
  14524. now
  14525.  
  14526. other
  14527.  
  14528. Jellyfy!
  14529.  
  14530. Stupefy!
  14531.  
  14532. Glisseo,
  14533.  
  14534. he actually dropped his wand.
  14535.  
  14536. Protego
  14537.  
  14538. Somnium,
  14539.  
  14540. General
  14541. Sunshine?
  14542.  
  14543. (gasp)
  14544.  
  14545. I can't believe I just did that,
  14546.  
  14547. (gasp)
  14548.  
  14549. (gasp)
  14550.  
  14551. thank
  14552. you.
  14553.  
  14554. whole life.
  14555.  
  14556. large
  14557.  
  14558. hit
  14559.  
  14560. Innervate
  14561.  
  14562. (gasp)
  14563.  
  14564. (gasp)
  14565.  
  14566. (gasp)
  14567.  
  14568. permission
  14569.  
  14570. seen
  14571.  
  14572. know
  14573.  
  14574. her
  14575.  
  14576. five
  14577.  
  14578. are
  14579.  
  14580. one
  14581.  
  14582. second
  14583.  
  14584. that.
  14585.  
  14586. extremely
  14587.  
  14588. What?
  14589.  
  14590. are
  14591.  
  14592. hero?
  14593.  
  14594. What?
  14595.  
  14596. wanted
  14597.  
  14598. Please
  14599.  
  14600. you
  14601.  
  14602. can
  14603.  
  14604. considered
  14605.  
  14606. Aftermath:
  14607.  
  14608. tried
  14609.  
  14610. "ALBUS!"
  14611.  
  14612. too
  14613.  
  14614. She is a twelve-year-old girl, Albus!
  14615.  
  14616. Afteraftermath:
  14617.  
  14618. reams
  14619.  
  14620. forward
  14621.  
  14622. obvious
  14623.  
  14624. anything
  14625.  
  14626. was
  14627.  
  14628. Finite Incantatem
  14629.  
  14630. thought
  14631.  
  14632. after dinnertime
  14633.  
  14634. still at
  14635. it
  14636.  
  14637. Daily Prophet.
  14638.  
  14639. Thunk-thunk, thunk-thunk-thunk, thunk.
  14640.  
  14641. I hight someone knocking!
  14642.  
  14643. Knocking of the door!
  14644.  
  14645. Let's see what you've got, door!
  14646.  
  14647. that
  14648.  
  14649. Granger
  14650.  
  14651. What?
  14652.  
  14653. not
  14654.  
  14655. I'll take it!
  14656.  
  14657.  
  14658. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14659. CHAPTER 70 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/70
  14660. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14661.  
  14662. interest
  14663.  
  14664. not
  14665.  
  14666. We won't settle for second
  14667. best, it's time to give a witch a quest!
  14668.  
  14669. Minerva!
  14670.  
  14671. them,
  14672.  
  14673. later
  14674.  
  14675. right now.
  14676.  
  14677. say
  14678.  
  14679. compressed
  14680.  
  14681. one sentence
  14682.  
  14683. another
  14684.  
  14685. point
  14686.  
  14687. Really?
  14688.  
  14689. vote?
  14690.  
  14691. would
  14692.  
  14693. that
  14694.  
  14695. that's
  14696.  
  14697. Hey!
  14698.  
  14699. That's
  14700.  
  14701. you
  14702.  
  14703. Professor Quirrell!
  14704.  
  14705. children
  14706.  
  14707. not
  14708.  
  14709. just
  14710.  
  14711. Now
  14712.  
  14713. possibly
  14714.  
  14715. now
  14716.  
  14717. they
  14718.  
  14719. you
  14720.  
  14721. That's not true!
  14722.  
  14723. make
  14724.  
  14725. her,
  14726.  
  14727. -
  14728.  
  14729. you
  14730.  
  14731. Something
  14732.  
  14733. about
  14734.  
  14735. too
  14736.  
  14737. good!
  14738.  
  14739. he's
  14740.  
  14741. overtly
  14742.  
  14743. talks
  14744.  
  14745. do
  14746.  
  14747. really wasn't a good sign
  14748. -
  14749.  
  14750. her,
  14751.  
  14752. name
  14753.  
  14754. some
  14755.  
  14756. ten
  14757.  
  14758. seemed
  14759.  
  14760. just
  14761.  
  14762. lot
  14763.  
  14764. actually
  14765.  
  14766. me
  14767.  
  14768. Maybe if there were more heroes, their lives wouldn't be so
  14769. lonely, or so short.
  14770.  
  14771. he
  14772.  
  14773. wasn't
  14774.  
  14775. know
  14776.  
  14777. I
  14778.  
  14779. what?
  14780.  
  14781. that
  14782.  
  14783. crazy!
  14784.  
  14785. bweeble-bweeble-bweeble
  14786.  
  14787. really
  14788.  
  14789. had
  14790.  
  14791. know
  14792.  
  14793. still
  14794.  
  14795. is
  14796.  
  14797. you
  14798.  
  14799. learn
  14800.  
  14801. can
  14802.  
  14803. right?
  14804.  
  14805. No!
  14806.  
  14807. kill
  14808.  
  14809. seen
  14810.  
  14811. all!
  14812.  
  14813. definitely
  14814.  
  14815. exactly
  14816.  
  14817. why
  14818.  
  14819. on!
  14820.  
  14821. dangerous!
  14822.  
  14823. else
  14824.  
  14825. really
  14826.  
  14827. that'll
  14828.  
  14829. brilliant,
  14830.  
  14831. anything!
  14832.  
  14833. UM
  14834.  
  14835. it
  14836.  
  14837. us
  14838.  
  14839.  
  14840. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14841. CHAPTER 71 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/71
  14842. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  14843.  
  14844. only ones
  14845.  
  14846. really truly
  14847.  
  14848. whole reason
  14849.  
  14850. at all
  14851.  
  14852. really
  14853.  
  14854. was
  14855.  
  14856. her
  14857.  
  14858. them
  14859.  
  14860. had
  14861.  
  14862. possibly
  14863.  
  14864. hoped
  14865.  
  14866. back
  14867.  
  14868. different
  14869.  
  14870. I
  14871.  
  14872. Hufflepuff
  14873.  
  14874. really
  14875.  
  14876. actually
  14877. happens
  14878.  
  14879. Harry
  14880. Potter
  14881.  
  14882. bathroom -
  14883.  
  14884. saying,
  14885.  
  14886. finding
  14887.  
  14888. they've
  14889.  
  14890. time
  14891.  
  14892. very
  14893. good problem
  14894.  
  14895. did
  14896.  
  14897. supposed
  14898.  
  14899. real
  14900.  
  14901. tells
  14902.  
  14903. first morning
  14904.  
  14905. some
  14906.  
  14907. also
  14908.  
  14909. What?
  14910.  
  14911. Salazar Slytherin's ghost?
  14912.  
  14913. Harry Potter?
  14914.  
  14915. Hermione Granger
  14916.  
  14917. thought
  14918.  
  14919. that
  14920.  
  14921. with
  14922.  
  14923. what.
  14924.  
  14925. didn't
  14926.  
  14927. you
  14928.  
  14929. five
  14930.  
  14931. I'm
  14932.  
  14933. eeping
  14934.  
  14935. Who?
  14936.  
  14937. Excuse me
  14938.  
  14939. feminist
  14940.  
  14941. feminine
  14942.  
  14943. about
  14944.  
  14945. yet;
  14946.  
  14947. whole class.
  14948.  
  14949. ask,
  14950.  
  14951. Quietus
  14952.  
  14953. should've
  14954.  
  14955. hiss
  14956.  
  14957. and
  14958.  
  14959. someone
  14960.  
  14961. her
  14962.  
  14963. owed
  14964.  
  14965. three
  14966.  
  14967. was
  14968.  
  14969. mattered,
  14970.  
  14971. his own desk chair
  14972.  
  14973. believe
  14974.  
  14975. do
  14976.  
  14977. don't
  14978.  
  14979. really
  14980.  
  14981. ever
  14982.  
  14983. lot
  14984.  
  14985. heroine
  14986.  
  14987. best
  14988.  
  14989. lives
  14990.  
  14991. would
  14992.  
  14993. after
  14994.  
  14995. then
  14996.  
  14997. had
  14998.  
  14999. was
  15000.  
  15001. better.
  15002.  
  15003. Quietus,
  15004.  
  15005. right!
  15006.  
  15007. is
  15008.  
  15009. so
  15010.  
  15011. before they actually happen
  15012.  
  15013. entirely
  15014.  
  15015. real
  15016.  
  15017. her
  15018.  
  15019. Memory-Charmed
  15020.  
  15021. was?
  15022.  
  15023. What?
  15024.  
  15025. first year!
  15026.  
  15027. Ew!
  15028.  
  15029.  
  15030. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  15031. CHAPTER 72 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/72
  15032. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  15033.  
  15034. ridiculous
  15035.  
  15036. tell
  15037.  
  15038. that's
  15039.  
  15040. was
  15041.  
  15042. me
  15043.  
  15044. believe
  15045.  
  15046. doing
  15047.  
  15048. Salazar Slytherin!
  15049.  
  15050. Slytherins
  15051.  
  15052. Quibbler
  15053.  
  15054. me?
  15055.  
  15056. does
  15057.  
  15058. I
  15059.  
  15060. Quietus
  15061.  
  15062. Quietus
  15063.  
  15064. Gleep?
  15065.  
  15066. something
  15067.  
  15068. did
  15069.  
  15070. invisibility cloak
  15071.  
  15072. that's
  15073.  
  15074. with
  15075.  
  15076. some
  15077.  
  15078. possibly
  15079.  
  15080. their
  15081.  
  15082. I
  15083.  
  15084. your
  15085.  
  15086. ever
  15087.  
  15088. really
  15089.  
  15090. worse
  15091.  
  15092. not trying
  15093.  
  15094. badly
  15095.  
  15096. stuck
  15097.  
  15098. wrong,
  15099.  
  15100. spy
  15101.  
  15102. I've
  15103.  
  15104. the
  15105.  
  15106. An
  15107. Illustrated Scroll of Lost Devices
  15108.  
  15109. been
  15110.  
  15111. person
  15112.  
  15113. really
  15114.  
  15115. hand
  15116.  
  15117. way
  15118.  
  15119. anyone
  15120.  
  15121. which
  15122.  
  15123. did
  15124.  
  15125. Like
  15126.  
  15127. At
  15128. half-past ten you will find a bully in the fourth passageway to the
  15129. left of the hall leaving the Potions classroom - S.
  15130.  
  15131. do.
  15132.  
  15133. Padma, I got a
  15134.  
  15135. mysterious
  15136.  
  15137. message -
  15138.  
  15139. in danger
  15140.  
  15141. right
  15142.  
  15143. this morning
  15144.  
  15145. knew
  15146.  
  15147. doomed
  15148.  
  15149. "Shhh!
  15150.  
  15151. Halt, I'll look ahead
  15152.  
  15153. Halt,
  15154. I'll look ahead
  15155.  
  15156. You. Stay. Here.
  15157.  
  15158. Doom doom doom,
  15159.  
  15160. doom doom doom doom doom
  15161. doom
  15162.  
  15163. follow me
  15164.  
  15165. slightly
  15166.  
  15167. was
  15168.  
  15169. older
  15170.  
  15171. muscles
  15172.  
  15173. dueled
  15174.  
  15175. Protego
  15176.  
  15177. did
  15178.  
  15179. already
  15180.  
  15181. He's expecting us!
  15182.  
  15183. Silencio
  15184.  
  15185. Accio
  15186.  
  15187. Stop, evildoer!
  15188. Finite Incantatem!
  15189.  
  15190. Lavender
  15191.  
  15192. Expelliarmus
  15193.  
  15194. Stupefy
  15195.  
  15196. Accio
  15197.  
  15198. Finite
  15199. Incantatem
  15200.  
  15201. Lagann!
  15202.  
  15203. Stupefy!
  15204.  
  15205. Glisseo!
  15206.  
  15207. Stupefy!
  15208.  
  15209. Innervate!
  15210.  
  15211. Prismatis!
  15212.  
  15213. Impedimenta!
  15214.  
  15215. around the bully
  15216.  
  15217. Innervate!
  15218.  
  15219. Wingardium Leviosa!
  15220.  
  15221. Innervate
  15222.  
  15223. Cluthe!
  15224.  
  15225. away!
  15226.  
  15227. Finite
  15228.  
  15229. Protego
  15230.  
  15231. Episkey
  15232.  
  15233. she
  15234.  
  15235. for
  15236.  
  15237. leave
  15238.  
  15239. loyal
  15240.  
  15241. wearing
  15242.  
  15243. Chronicles of the
  15244. Lunarian Soldiers
  15245.  
  15246. Finite
  15247.  
  15248. real!
  15249.  
  15250. beforehand
  15251.  
  15252. Finite
  15253.  
  15254. anyone
  15255.  
  15256. dead
  15257.  
  15258. hoped
  15259.  
  15260. Her?
  15261.  
  15262. hard
  15263.  
  15264. just watching
  15265.  
  15266. why wasn't the
  15267. Headmaster doing anything
  15268.  
  15269. Scourgify
  15270.  
  15271. didn't
  15272.  
  15273. he'd
  15274. just
  15275.  
  15276. right
  15277. then
  15278.  
  15279. probably
  15280.  
  15281. worse
  15282.  
  15283. how
  15284.  
  15285. what
  15286.  
  15287. who?
  15288.  
  15289. mudblood
  15290.  
  15291. that s
  15292.  
  15293. The Tragedy of Light
  15294.  
  15295. That
  15296.  
  15297. you
  15298.  
  15299. I can't believe I believed
  15300. every word of that
  15301.  
  15302. Oh no,
  15303.  
  15304. hating
  15305.  
  15306. creative
  15307.  
  15308. understand?
  15309.  
  15310. Draco Malfoy!
  15311.  
  15312. everyone around him
  15313.  
  15314. all
  15315.  
  15316. die
  15317.  
  15318. sacrifice
  15319.  
  15320. the next
  15321. Lord Malfoy
  15322.  
  15323. lie!
  15324.  
  15325. doesn't
  15326.  
  15327. life
  15328.  
  15329. over
  15330.  
  15331. literally
  15332.  
  15333. not
  15334.  
  15335. Zero!
  15336.  
  15337. none!
  15338.  
  15339. less
  15340.  
  15341. see?
  15342.  
  15343. This is all part of Malfoy's plan!
  15344.  
  15345. heard
  15346.  
  15347. Here's
  15348.  
  15349. anything
  15350.  
  15351. next
  15352.  
  15353. wants
  15354.  
  15355. plan
  15356.  
  15357. did
  15358.  
  15359. tell
  15360.  
  15361. set you up?
  15362.  
  15363. winning
  15364.  
  15365. expecting
  15366.  
  15367. warned
  15368.  
  15369. told
  15370.  
  15371. has
  15372.  
  15373. anyone
  15374.  
  15375. anyway
  15376.  
  15377. can't
  15378.  
  15379. not
  15380. go
  15381.  
  15382. then
  15383.  
  15384. know!
  15385.  
  15386. made
  15387.  
  15388. go along
  15389.  
  15390. could
  15391.  
  15392. all
  15393.  
  15394. can't
  15395.  
  15396. Those who try to cheat their destinies will
  15397. come to sad and gloomy ends -"
  15398.  
  15399. Harry Potter
  15400.  
  15401. quite clear
  15402.  
  15403. please
  15404.  
  15405. do
  15406.  
  15407. do
  15408.  
  15409. not
  15410.  
  15411. not
  15412.  
  15413. both
  15414.  
  15415. incautious
  15416.  
  15417. taken by surprise
  15418.  
  15419. Protego
  15420.  
  15421. help
  15422.  
  15423. What are you doing, my son?
  15424.  
  15425. I am trying to stop harm done to Slytherin's reputation,
  15426. father.
  15427.  
  15428. What are you really doing?
  15429.  
  15430. I am preparing for the next war.
  15431.  
  15432.  
  15433. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  15434. CHAPTER 73 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/73
  15435. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  15436.  
  15437. The red jet of fire took Hannah full in the face, flipping
  15438. her end-over-heels and smacking her head straight into the stone
  15439. wall, where her pale face seemed to linger for an instant, framed
  15440. by flying strands of brown-golden hair, before she collapsed to the
  15441. ground in a heap of robes, as the third and final volley of blazing
  15442. green spirals brought down their foe's Shield Charm.
  15443.  
  15444. The Gryffindor boy stared at the eight of them, tension in
  15445. every line of his body's frame, his face working soundlessly; and
  15446. then his hands released their clenched grasp on the Slytherin boy's
  15447. lapels, and he walked away without anyone saying a word. (Well,
  15448. Lavender almost said a word - her mouth was just opening in
  15449. indignation, maybe because she hadn't gotten a chance to declaim
  15450. her speech - but luckily Hermione spotted it and made the gesture
  15451. that meant SHUT UP.)
  15452.  
  15453. "Innervate!" said the young voice of Susan Bones, and
  15454. Hermione's eyes flew open and her lips drew in air with a gasp, her
  15455. lungs feeling heavy like there was a huge weight resting on her
  15456. chest. Beside her, Hannah was already sitting up, holding her head
  15457. in her hands and grimacing. Daphne had warned them that this would
  15458. be a 'hard' fight, creating a certain trepidation in Hermione, and
  15459. indeed in all of them. Except maybe Susan, who'd just shown up at
  15460. the appointed meeting-time, and walked alongside them without
  15461. speaking, and fought the seventh-year bully until she was the last
  15462. girl standing. Maybe the Gryffindor had been reluctant to fight the
  15463. last daughter of Bones, or maybe Susan had just gotten very lucky;
  15464. at any rate, when Hermione had tried to sit up again, she'd
  15465. realized that her chest had felt heavy because there was, in fact,
  15466. a rather large body sprawled on top of her.
  15467.  
  15468. "Okay, how about if we all ride around on skateboards?" said
  15469. Lavender. "We could get places faster than walking. And we'd look
  15470. really awesome on skateboards, Muggle artifacts may not be as fast
  15471. as broomsticks but they look cooler - we should vote on it
  15472. -"
  15473.  
  15474. Hermione reached out a trembling hand to grasp her copy
  15475. of
  15476.  
  15477. from where it had fallen, the
  15478. ever-comforting book only a pace distant from where she herself had
  15479. ended up on the floor, after the red-robed upper-year girl had
  15480. "bumped" her into a wall. And then the older Gryffindor witch had
  15481. walked away without a look back, only a whispered "Salazar's -" and
  15482. a word that hurt her more than anything the Slytherins said about
  15483. mudbloods, 'mudblood' was just a strange wizarding word but
  15484. Hermione knew the word the Gryffindor had said. She couldn't get
  15485. used to it, she just couldn't get used to being hated. It still
  15486. hurt just as much every time it happened, and somehow it hurt even
  15487. more coming from the Gryffindors who were
  15488.  
  15489. to be
  15490. the good ones.
  15491.  
  15492. two
  15493.  
  15494. "So you can work your charms on General Potter?" said
  15495. Lavender, as Hermione ignored both of them as hard as she could.
  15496. "I've got to say, Traces, I think our Sunshine General has him
  15497. pretty well sewn up by now - you'd have better luck convincing
  15498. Hermione that the three of you should have one of those, you know,
  15499. arrangements -"
  15500.  
  15501. "Certain?" said Harry Potter, sounding rather reluctant.
  15502. "You know a rationalist isn't ever certain of anything, Hermione,
  15503. not even that two and two make four. I can't actually read Malfoy's
  15504. mind, and if I could, I couldn't be certain he wasn't a perfect
  15505. Occlumens. All I can say is that based on what I've seen of Malfoy,
  15506. it's a lot more plausible than Daphne Greengrass thinks, that he
  15507. actually is trying to show the Slytherins a better way. We
  15508. should... we really should try to go along with that,
  15509. Hermione."
  15510.  
  15511. you've
  15512.  
  15513. true...
  15514.  
  15515. "Hard."
  15516.  
  15517. What I See has to come to pass... it probably makes being
  15518. eaten by Lethifolds look like a tea party...
  15519.  
  15520. really
  15521.  
  15522. seriously
  15523.  
  15524. What are you doing here?
  15525.  
  15526. You said you wouldn't come!
  15527.  
  15528. all
  15529.  
  15530. Hey!
  15531.  
  15532. If I try
  15533. to change it, if
  15534.  
  15535. tries to change it, really
  15536. terrible, awful, no good, extremely bad things will happen. And
  15537. then it'll come to pass anyway...
  15538.  
  15539. caused
  15540.  
  15541. worse
  15542.  
  15543. What?
  15544.  
  15545. only reason
  15546.  
  15547. Three
  15548.  
  15549. Quietus
  15550.  
  15551. Wingardium Leviosa
  15552.  
  15553. Run!
  15554.  
  15555. Cluthe!
  15556.  
  15557. Prismatis!
  15558.  
  15559. that
  15560.  
  15561. then
  15562.  
  15563. all
  15564.  
  15565. one
  15566.  
  15567. see
  15568.  
  15569. face
  15570.  
  15571. Elmekia!
  15572.  
  15573. Prismatis!
  15574.  
  15575. Pris-
  15576.  
  15577. Vitalis revelio
  15578.  
  15579. are
  15580.  
  15581. Tonare!
  15582.  
  15583. Rava
  15584. calvaria! Lucis -
  15585.  
  15586. didn't
  15587.  
  15588. could
  15589.  
  15590. really
  15591.  
  15592. first
  15593.  
  15594. very
  15595.  
  15596. Polyfluis Reverso!
  15597.  
  15598. this
  15599.  
  15600. should've
  15601.  
  15602. What?
  15603.  
  15604. what?
  15605.  
  15606. Cool!
  15607.  
  15608. please
  15609.  
  15610. what?
  15611.  
  15612. Innervate
  15613.  
  15614. what?
  15615.  
  15616. way
  15617.  
  15618. give me a second here
  15619.  
  15620. probably be fine
  15621.  
  15622. cuse
  15623.  
  15624. Huh?
  15625.  
  15626. Susan
  15627.  
  15628. is
  15629.  
  15630. Hogwarts: A History
  15631.  
  15632. She's a double witch!
  15633.  
  15634. is!
  15635.  
  15636. them!
  15637.  
  15638. What?
  15639.  
  15640. looniest
  15641.  
  15642. course!
  15643.  
  15644. realized!
  15645.  
  15646. what?
  15647.  
  15648. double
  15649.  
  15650. stories!
  15651.  
  15652. was
  15653.  
  15654. already
  15655.  
  15656. double
  15657.  
  15658. wouldn't
  15659.  
  15660. destiny
  15661.  
  15662. special!
  15663.  
  15664. I
  15665.  
  15666. do
  15667.  
  15668. was
  15669.  
  15670. happened?
  15671.  
  15672. detentions
  15673.  
  15674. bullies
  15675.  
  15676. Really, Miss
  15677. Granger? Do you think?
  15678.  
  15679. actually caught on fire
  15680.  
  15681. Huh?
  15682.  
  15683. look
  15684.  
  15685. optimize
  15686.  
  15687. know
  15688.  
  15689. goals
  15690.  
  15691. why
  15692.  
  15693. you
  15694.  
  15695. wanted
  15696.  
  15697. grow up
  15698.  
  15699.  
  15700. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  15701. CHAPTER 74 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/74
  15702. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  15703.  
  15704. was
  15705.  
  15706. am
  15707.  
  15708. Only if Draco successfully cast the Patronus Charm as part
  15709. of keeping up the act.
  15710.  
  15711. really
  15712.  
  15713. try
  15714.  
  15715. What's bothering you,
  15716. Professor Quirrell?
  15717.  
  15718. .
  15719.  
  15720. does
  15721.  
  15722. Literally
  15723.  
  15724. know
  15725.  
  15726. my
  15727.  
  15728. you
  15729.  
  15730. Really?
  15731.  
  15732. me?
  15733.  
  15734. they
  15735.  
  15736. announced
  15737.  
  15738. announce
  15739.  
  15740. told
  15741.  
  15742. 2 this afternoon at the top of the stairs going up from the
  15743. library REALLY IMPORTANT everyone has to be there -
  15744. Millicent
  15745.  
  15746. I
  15747.  
  15748. known
  15749.  
  15750. look
  15751.  
  15752. really important
  15753.  
  15754. everyone has to be there
  15755.  
  15756. seen
  15757.  
  15758. told
  15759.  
  15760. pretending
  15761.  
  15762. run away
  15763.  
  15764. run away
  15765.  
  15766. liabilities
  15767.  
  15768. civilian
  15769. targets
  15770.  
  15771. will not try
  15772.  
  15773. anything
  15774.  
  15775. personally
  15776.  
  15777. kick
  15778. your asses
  15779.  
  15780. Don't
  15781.  
  15782. I don't
  15783. think I heard you, Miss Brown!
  15784.  
  15785. she
  15786.  
  15787. me
  15788.  
  15789. very
  15790.  
  15791. Protego Maximus!
  15792.  
  15793. excellent
  15794.  
  15795. wasn't
  15796.  
  15797. Homenum Revelio!
  15798.  
  15799. Professor Snape?
  15800.  
  15801. He's
  15802.  
  15803. really
  15804.  
  15805. Veritas
  15806. Oculum!
  15807.  
  15808. forgot
  15809.  
  15810. Acathla, mundatus sum
  15811.  
  15812. Mabra, brahoring,
  15813. mabra...
  15814.  
  15815. , three!
  15816.  
  15817. very exactly
  15818.  
  15819. "Shuffle, duffle, muzzle, muff.<br />
  15820. Fista, wista, mista-cuff."
  15821.  
  15822. Lemarchand, Lament, Lemarchand
  15823.  
  15824. Khornath!
  15825.  
  15826. Slaaneth!
  15827.  
  15828. Nurgolth!
  15829.  
  15830. TZINTCHI!
  15831.  
  15832. Stop! Tracey, stop!
  15833.  
  15834. "Darkness beyond darkness, deeper than pitchest black.<br />
  15835. Buried beneath the flow of time...<br />
  15836. From darkness to darkness, your voice echoes in the
  15837. emptiness,<br />
  15838. Unknown to death, nor known to life."<br />
  15839.  
  15840. What are you doing?
  15841.  
  15842. Well what happens if it gets COMPLETED?
  15843.  
  15844. "You who know the gate, who are the gate, the key and
  15845. guardian of the gate:<br />
  15846. I bid you open the way for him, and manifest his power before
  15847. me!"
  15848.  
  15849. "Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres!<br />
  15850. Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres!<br />
  15851. HARRY JAMES POTTER-EVANS-VERRES!"
  15852.  
  15853. responsible
  15854.  
  15855. appropriate?
  15856.  
  15857. did
  15858.  
  15859. directly
  15860.  
  15861. this
  15862.  
  15863. Fire
  15864. me
  15865.  
  15866. why
  15867.  
  15868. And he was feeling bored and
  15869. I thought this might cheer him up.
  15870.  
  15871. Utterly and completely out of hand
  15872.  
  15873. at all
  15874.  
  15875. We
  15876.  
  15877. weird
  15878.  
  15879. wrong
  15880.  
  15881. Fawkes
  15882.  
  15883. not
  15884.  
  15885. People
  15886.  
  15887. am
  15888.  
  15889. And since I wasn't there and didn't do anything personally,
  15890. there's no lawful way to punish me under the Hogwarts school rules;
  15891. the only one who acted was Professor Quirrell, and he's fireproof.
  15892. And just breaking the rules to get at me wouldn't be a wise thing
  15893. to do to the hero you're grooming to fight Lord Voldemort...
  15894.  
  15895. had
  15896.  
  15897. What?
  15898.  
  15899. back.
  15900.  
  15901. ignore
  15902.  
  15903. worse,
  15904.  
  15905. louder
  15906.  
  15907. always
  15908.  
  15909. never
  15910.  
  15911. didn't
  15912.  
  15913. I'm sorry to have tired you out -
  15914.  
  15915. had
  15916.  
  15917. hadn't
  15918.  
  15919. Yes
  15920.  
  15921. not
  15922.  
  15923. more
  15924.  
  15925. shuffle, duffle, muzzle, muff
  15926.  
  15927. Bartholomew and the Oobleck
  15928.  
  15929. wondered
  15930.  
  15931. first
  15932.  
  15933. then
  15934.  
  15935. Aftermath:
  15936.  
  15937. What?
  15938.  
  15939. What?
  15940.  
  15941. What? What? What?
  15942.  
  15943. Magical Draughts and
  15944. Potions
  15945.  
  15946. drift
  15947.  
  15948. tell
  15949.  
  15950. better
  15951.  
  15952. You sacrificed your soul to Harry Potter?
  15953.  
  15954. you
  15955.  
  15956. did!
  15957.  
  15958. What?
  15959.  
  15960. angsty
  15961.  
  15962. ate
  15963.  
  15964. "Be. Quiet."
  15965.  
  15966. Professor Snaaaaaape!
  15967.  
  15968. Tracey ate my sooouuul!
  15969.  
  15970.  
  15971. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  15972. CHAPTER 75 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/75
  15973. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  15974.  
  15975. certain,
  15976.  
  15977. certain,
  15978.  
  15979. sacrifices
  15980.  
  15981. that?
  15982.  
  15983. not.
  15984.  
  15985. messages
  15986.  
  15987. knows
  15988.  
  15989. he
  15990.  
  15991. you
  15992.  
  15993. I
  15994.  
  15995. I'm
  15996.  
  15997. nothing,
  15998.  
  15999. enough!
  16000.  
  16001. lost
  16002.  
  16003. pathetic
  16004.  
  16005. I
  16006.  
  16007. You
  16008.  
  16009. risk
  16010.  
  16011. done
  16012.  
  16013. want
  16014.  
  16015. want
  16016.  
  16017. angry
  16018.  
  16019. there to be
  16020. blamed,
  16021.  
  16022. points,
  16023.  
  16024. justice.
  16025.  
  16026. I. Am. Not. Her. Boyfriend!
  16027.  
  16028. use
  16029.  
  16030. too
  16031.  
  16032. secretly
  16033.  
  16034. Romantic?
  16035.  
  16036. What part of that was
  16037. romantic?
  16038.  
  16039. ask!
  16040.  
  16041. asks!
  16042.  
  16043. my
  16044.  
  16045. loves
  16046.  
  16047. this
  16048.  
  16049. romantic
  16050.  
  16051. does
  16052.  
  16053. does?
  16054.  
  16055. he's not my
  16056. boyfriend!
  16057.  
  16058. Gaaaaack,
  16059.  
  16060. (Later.)
  16061.  
  16062. unreasonable
  16063.  
  16064. me
  16065.  
  16066. angry
  16067.  
  16068. I
  16069.  
  16070. me.
  16071.  
  16072. look
  16073.  
  16074. (Even later.)
  16075.  
  16076. everyone
  16077.  
  16078. mad.
  16079.  
  16080. worst,
  16081.  
  16082. what
  16083.  
  16084. name
  16085.  
  16086. them
  16087.  
  16088. your
  16089.  
  16090. mine
  16091.  
  16092. What?
  16093.  
  16094. we
  16095.  
  16096. Anyhow,
  16097.  
  16098. had
  16099.  
  16100. then
  16101.  
  16102. impossible
  16103.  
  16104. not
  16105.  
  16106. have
  16107.  
  16108. was
  16109.  
  16110. Professor Quirrell
  16111.  
  16112. anyone
  16113.  
  16114. were
  16115.  
  16116. scared.
  16117.  
  16118. frightened.
  16119.  
  16120. dragons
  16121.  
  16122. cowardly
  16123.  
  16124. am
  16125.  
  16126. reason
  16127.  
  16128. you didn't ask first!
  16129.  
  16130. asked
  16131.  
  16132. have
  16133.  
  16134. I could've said no
  16135.  
  16136. the
  16137. whole point of asking first
  16138.  
  16139. had
  16140.  
  16141. really
  16142.  
  16143. my
  16144.  
  16145. couldn't
  16146.  
  16147. had
  16148.  
  16149. got
  16150.  
  16151. is
  16152.  
  16153. Why?
  16154.  
  16155. Why is it so awful? All you have to do is ask!"
  16156.  
  16157. was
  16158.  
  16159. had
  16160.  
  16161. final
  16162.  
  16163. Hannah
  16164.  
  16165. was,
  16166.  
  16167. too
  16168.  
  16169. Hannah?
  16170.  
  16171. you
  16172.  
  16173. responsible
  16174.  
  16175. Professor McGonagall
  16176.  
  16177. her
  16178.  
  16179. then
  16180.  
  16181. not
  16182.  
  16183. role
  16184.  
  16185. Yes
  16186.  
  16187. once.
  16188.  
  16189. tried again
  16190.  
  16191. one
  16192.  
  16193. authority
  16194.  
  16195. she
  16196.  
  16197. Professor McGonagall
  16198.  
  16199. nuts?"
  16200.  
  16201. always
  16202.  
  16203. you
  16204.  
  16205. get the job done no matter what
  16206.  
  16207. okay
  16208.  
  16209. your fault
  16210.  
  16211. whatever it takes
  16212.  
  16213. permanently.
  16214.  
  16215. responsible
  16216.  
  16217. responsible
  16218.  
  16219. you
  16220.  
  16221. so
  16222.  
  16223. some
  16224.  
  16225. role
  16226.  
  16227. role
  16228.  
  16229. knew,
  16230.  
  16231. my
  16232.  
  16233. win an argument
  16234.  
  16235. always
  16236.  
  16237. always
  16238.  
  16239. own
  16240. life!
  16241.  
  16242. you
  16243.  
  16244. at all!
  16245.  
  16246. partners,
  16247.  
  16248. you've
  16249.  
  16250. me
  16251.  
  16252. really
  16253.  
  16254. no
  16255.  
  16256. actual
  16257. consequence
  16258.  
  16259. consulted
  16260.  
  16261. my own life.
  16262.  
  16263. got
  16264.  
  16265. those
  16266.  
  16267. imagined
  16268.  
  16269. what?
  16270.  
  16271. right
  16272.  
  16273. had
  16274.  
  16275. sane
  16276.  
  16277. if
  16278.  
  16279. is
  16280.  
  16281. him
  16282.  
  16283. good
  16284.  
  16285. <br />
  16286.  
  16287. No rescuer hath the rescuer,
  16288.  
  16289. No Lord hath the champion, no mother and no father,
  16290. only nothingness above.
  16291.  
  16292. that
  16293.  
  16294. wrong
  16295.  
  16296. Dumbledore?"
  16297.  
  16298. was
  16299.  
  16300. you?
  16301.  
  16302. Retire?
  16303.  
  16304. do
  16305.  
  16306. All
  16307.  
  16308. that
  16309.  
  16310. work
  16311.  
  16312. difference...
  16313.  
  16314. outlawed
  16315.  
  16316. personally
  16317.  
  16318. know
  16319.  
  16320. ridiculous
  16321.  
  16322.  
  16323. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  16324. CHAPTER 76 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/76
  16325. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  16326.  
  16327. Lumos
  16328.  
  16329. these thoughts,
  16330.  
  16331. I could just lean over and kiss
  16332. him, you are completely out of your tiny mind, his eyes are closed
  16333. I bet he wouldn't stop me in time, I bet it would be years before
  16334. anyone found your body -
  16335.  
  16336. He knows I won't
  16337. remember.
  16338.  
  16339. did
  16340.  
  16341. make
  16342.  
  16343. we
  16344.  
  16345. why
  16346.  
  16347. helping
  16348.  
  16349. herself
  16350.  
  16351. she
  16352.  
  16353. Sad.
  16354.  
  16355. Just too p
  16356.  
  16357. itiful.
  16358.  
  16359. you,
  16360.  
  16361. you!
  16362.  
  16363. are
  16364.  
  16365. creepy
  16366.  
  16367. no.
  16368.  
  16369. me
  16370.  
  16371. THE POWER
  16372. TO VANQUISH
  16373.  
  16374. does
  16375.  
  16376. power
  16377.  
  16378. have
  16379.  
  16380. will vanquish,
  16381.  
  16382. the power to
  16383. vanquish.
  16384.  
  16385. Marking
  16386.  
  16387. equal?
  16388.  
  16389. must
  16390.  
  16391. he
  16392.  
  16393. knows not
  16394.  
  16395. either
  16396.  
  16397. intonation
  16398.  
  16399. prophecy?
  16400.  
  16401. prophecy?
  16402.  
  16403. sound
  16404.  
  16405. way
  16406.  
  16407. ,
  16408.  
  16409. FOR THOSE TWO
  16410. DIFFERENT SPELLETS CANNOT EXIST IN THE SAME VULD.
  16411.  
  16412. not
  16413.  
  16414. meaning
  16415.  
  16416. must
  16417.  
  16418. If you can't
  16419.  
  16420. say it now, when you won't even
  16421. remember it afterward - when nothing will continue from this
  16422. moment, just as if you were to die - then when will you ever say
  16423. it, to anyone?
  16424.  
  16425. awkward,
  16426.  
  16427. tight
  16428.  
  16429. first
  16430.  
  16431.  
  16432. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  16433. CHAPTER 77 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/77
  16434. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  16435.  
  16436. Aftermath: Albus Dumbledore and -
  16437.  
  16438. yet
  16439.  
  16440. still
  16441.  
  16442. won
  16443.  
  16444. Harry!
  16445.  
  16446. be
  16447.  
  16448. No
  16449.  
  16450. no
  16451.  
  16452. might
  16453.  
  16454. I'll
  16455.  
  16456. Daily Prophet
  16457.  
  16458. get creative
  16459.  
  16460. phoenix's price.
  16461.  
  16462. Lumos.
  16463.  
  16464. Phoenix's fate.
  16465.  
  16466. lose
  16467.  
  16468. any
  16469.  
  16470. actually worked.
  16471.  
  16472. not
  16473.  
  16474. answer.
  16475.  
  16476. sounds
  16477.  
  16478. should
  16479.  
  16480. thing.
  16481.  
  16482. inconveniences
  16483.  
  16484. more
  16485.  
  16486. more
  16487.  
  16488. things
  16489.  
  16490. see
  16491.  
  16492. War
  16493.  
  16494. that
  16495.  
  16496. Nothing
  16497.  
  16498. not
  16499.  
  16500. Him
  16501.  
  16502. know
  16503.  
  16504. oh well, guess I can't possibly figure out any way to
  16505. stop bullying in Hogwarts,
  16506.  
  16507. leave
  16508.  
  16509. fine.
  16510.  
  16511. that
  16512.  
  16513. now
  16514.  
  16515. he
  16516.  
  16517. he
  16518.  
  16519. her,
  16520.  
  16521. Lumos!
  16522.  
  16523. Aftermath: Professor Quirrell and -
  16524.  
  16525. here
  16526.  
  16527. desperate
  16528.  
  16529. fifty-two
  16530.  
  16531. What?
  16532.  
  16533. possibly
  16534.  
  16535. investigating...
  16536.  
  16537. Colloportus
  16538.  
  16539. that
  16540.  
  16541. who
  16542.  
  16543. What do you want?
  16544.  
  16545. honestly,
  16546.  
  16547. Aftermath: Draco Malfoy and -
  16548.  
  16549. conduit
  16550.  
  16551. niddlewit!
  16552.  
  16553. Did
  16554.  
  16555. false
  16556. positive.
  16557.  
  16558. friends
  16559.  
  16560. weren't
  16561.  
  16562. magic
  16563.  
  16564. things
  16565.  
  16566. Arithmancy.
  16567.  
  16568. each other,
  16569.  
  16570. quite
  16571.  
  16572. each other
  16573.  
  16574. could
  16575.  
  16576. friends
  16577.  
  16578. save
  16579.  
  16580. wearisome
  16581.  
  16582. stop
  16583.  
  16584. annoying
  16585.  
  16586. helped
  16587.  
  16588. mudblood
  16589.  
  16590. know
  16591.  
  16592. believe
  16593.  
  16594. adopted.
  16595.  
  16596. way
  16597.  
  16598. couldn't
  16599.  
  16600. that
  16601.  
  16602. It's not
  16603.  
  16604. job to decide what Father will like,
  16605. Goyle -
  16606.  
  16607. told
  16608.  
  16609. not
  16610.  
  16611. really?
  16612.  
  16613. last
  16614.  
  16615. me,
  16616.  
  16617. Aftermath: Hermione Granger and -
  16618.  
  16619. interesting
  16620.  
  16621. not
  16622.  
  16623. wanted
  16624.  
  16625. you
  16626.  
  16627. invisible
  16628.  
  16629. not existing.
  16630.  
  16631. did
  16632.  
  16633. ask
  16634.  
  16635. pressure
  16636.  
  16637. them
  16638.  
  16639. possible
  16640.  
  16641. any time she wanted
  16642.  
  16643. school bullies
  16644.  
  16645. remember
  16646.  
  16647. had
  16648.  
  16649. had
  16650.  
  16651. actually
  16652.  
  16653. But, but she told
  16654.  
  16655. that she was a
  16656. seer...
  16657.  
  16658. did
  16659.  
  16660. they
  16661.  
  16662. Zabini
  16663.  
  16664. (fleeting disorientation)
  16665.  
  16666. true
  16667.  
  16668. name?
  16669.  
  16670. look
  16671.  
  16672. I
  16673.  
  16674. you
  16675.  
  16676. should
  16677.  
  16678. Knowledge
  16679.  
  16680. her
  16681.  
  16682. why,
  16683.  
  16684. on?
  16685.  
  16686. me,
  16687.  
  16688. this
  16689.  
  16690. me
  16691.  
  16692. protect
  16693.  
  16694. will
  16695.  
  16696. Double
  16697.  
  16698. that
  16699.  
  16700. am
  16701.  
  16702. Why not, Hermione?
  16703.  
  16704. why
  16705.  
  16706. all?
  16707.  
  16708. can
  16709.  
  16710. not.
  16711.  
  16712. are
  16713.  
  16714. (fleeting disorientation)
  16715.  
  16716.  
  16717. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  16718. CHAPTER 78 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/78
  16719. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  16720.  
  16721. you.
  16722.  
  16723. The
  16724.  
  16725. Quibbler
  16726.  
  16727. dodge
  16728.  
  16729. I'm
  16730.  
  16731. three
  16732.  
  16733. two
  16734.  
  16735. you
  16736.  
  16737. amazingly
  16738.  
  16739. and
  16740.  
  16741. does,
  16742.  
  16743. isn't
  16744.  
  16745. said
  16746.  
  16747. sixteen
  16748.  
  16749. Finites.
  16750.  
  16751. last
  16752.  
  16753. one
  16754.  
  16755. wasn't
  16756.  
  16757. that
  16758.  
  16759. would
  16760.  
  16761. did
  16762.  
  16763. Sigh,
  16764.  
  16765. two.
  16766.  
  16767. Up!
  16768.  
  16769. Contego
  16770.  
  16771. is
  16772.  
  16773. Colloportus!
  16774.  
  16775. Colloportus
  16776.  
  16777. Finite Incantatem;
  16778.  
  16779. Alohomora
  16780.  
  16781. spectacular,
  16782.  
  16783. disappointing your friends
  16784.  
  16785. failing to live up to your potential...
  16786.  
  16787. You are perfectly capable of solving this problem, Mr.
  16788. Potter; did you even try?
  16789.  
  16790. had
  16791.  
  16792. Finite
  16793.  
  16794. Finite Incantatem
  16795.  
  16796. Finite
  16797.  
  16798. Finite
  16799.  
  16800. small,
  16801. safe
  16802.  
  16803. what
  16804.  
  16805. Defense. Charms. Transfiguration. Potions. History of Magic.
  16806. Astronomy. Broomstick Flying. Herbology...
  16807.  
  16808. Foe!
  16809.  
  16810. Luminos
  16811.  
  16812. almost
  16813.  
  16814. exciting
  16815.  
  16816. two
  16817.  
  16818. gotten
  16819.  
  16820. what
  16821.  
  16822. How can I invoke magical powers that ought to be beyond the
  16823. reach of first-year students?
  16824.  
  16825. cat hairs,
  16826.  
  16827. meant
  16828.  
  16829. Cheating is technique,
  16830.  
  16831. Or rather, cheating is what the losers call
  16832. technique, and will be worth extra Quirrell points when executed
  16833. successfully.
  16834.  
  16835. Magical Drafts and
  16836. Potions,
  16837.  
  16838. Finite.
  16839.  
  16840. what
  16841.  
  16842. What potion can I brew using only components gathered from
  16843. an ordinary forest?
  16844.  
  16845. Magical Drafts and Potions
  16846.  
  16847. magical
  16848.  
  16849. seeing
  16850.  
  16851. but why should that be true?
  16852.  
  16853. only
  16854.  
  16855. Magical Drafts and
  16856. Potions
  16857.  
  16858. one
  16859.  
  16860. what
  16861.  
  16862. If making a potion is like casting a Charm, why don't I fall
  16863. over from exhaustion after brewing a draught as powerful as
  16864. boil-curing?
  16865.  
  16866. potion of boil-curing...
  16867.  
  16868. not
  16869.  
  16870. Magical Drafts and Potions
  16871.  
  16872. Moste
  16873. Potente Potions
  16874.  
  16875. potion of fire
  16876. breathing
  16877.  
  16878. Eureka!
  16879.  
  16880. somewhere.
  16881.  
  16882. not
  16883.  
  16884. Aguamenti
  16885.  
  16886. literal incantation
  16887.  
  16888. Arresto Momentum!'
  16889.  
  16890. else
  16891.  
  16892. some
  16893.  
  16894. create
  16895.  
  16896. preserved
  16897.  
  16898. was,
  16899.  
  16900. Moste Potente Potions,
  16901.  
  16902. potion of giant strength
  16903.  
  16904. A potion spends that which is invested in the creation of
  16905. its ingredients.
  16906.  
  16907. odd,
  16908.  
  16909. fair
  16910.  
  16911. entropy
  16912.  
  16913. Such is realism,
  16914.  
  16915. Contego
  16916.  
  16917. Somnium!
  16918.  
  16919. Prismatis!
  16920.  
  16921. Tracey
  16922.  
  16923. do
  16924.  
  16925. Inflammare!
  16926.  
  16927. Finite
  16928. Incantatem!
  16929.  
  16930. that
  16931.  
  16932. dropped out
  16933.  
  16934. "Luminos!
  16935.  
  16936. Combat realism.
  16937.  
  16938. broomstick
  16939.  
  16940. Chaotic
  16941. landing!
  16942.  
  16943. not
  16944.  
  16945. Our blood for Neville! Our souls for
  16946. Neville!
  16947.  
  16948. What in Merlin's
  16949. name has been happening in this school?
  16950.  
  16951. Tonare!
  16952.  
  16953. Contego
  16954.  
  16955. still
  16956.  
  16957. Quibbler
  16958.  
  16959. after
  16960.  
  16961. fell too
  16962. fast
  16963.  
  16964. Somnium!
  16965.  
  16966. Expelliarmus!
  16967.  
  16968. Steleus!
  16969.  
  16970. Quiescus!
  16971.  
  16972. if she wanted a fight he'd give her one -
  16973.  
  16974. angry.
  16975.  
  16976. Somnium!
  16977.  
  16978. really hard
  16979.  
  16980. Hold!
  16981.  
  16982. Hold battle!
  16983.  
  16984. quietly
  16985.  
  16986. Chaotics! The faster we stun
  16987. them, the faster she's out of here! We're going to do this very
  16988. quickly, even if we take casualties! End truce!
  16989. TUNAFISH!
  16990.  
  16991. good
  16992.  
  16993. Finite
  16994. Incantatem,
  16995.  
  16996. why
  16997.  
  16998. Stupefy!
  16999.  
  17000. Colloportused
  17001.  
  17002. So, little girl, why're you pretending to fight like a
  17003. grownup today?
  17004.  
  17005. she
  17006.  
  17007. You too?
  17008.  
  17009. I helped you, you
  17010. bucktoothed bint! You, you, you," -
  17011.  
  17012. DENSAUGEO!
  17013.  
  17014. ALOHOMORA!
  17015.  
  17016. Somnium!
  17017.  
  17018. Well
  17019.  
  17020. these
  17021.  
  17022. We won.
  17023.  
  17024. I lost.
  17025.  
  17026. knew
  17027.  
  17028. just
  17029.  
  17030. Colloportus
  17031.  
  17032. just
  17033.  
  17034. Granger whirled and spun and screamed 'ALOHOMORA!'
  17035.  
  17036. lost
  17037.  
  17038. mudblood
  17039.  
  17040. had
  17041.  
  17042. overpowering
  17043.  
  17044. Only it's not,
  17045.  
  17046. It's easy to forget what's really true, Draco,
  17047. once you start trying to win at politics. But in reality there's
  17048. only one thing that makes you a wizard, remember?
  17049.  
  17050. Granger whirling, spinning, sweat-dampened hair flying
  17051. around her, bolts flying from her wand as fast as his own, jinx and
  17052. counter-jinx, glowing bats flying at his face, and through all of
  17053. it the look of fury in Granger's eyes -
  17054.  
  17055. lost...
  17056.  
  17057. And Granger was exhausted too,
  17058.  
  17059. could not
  17060.  
  17061. know
  17062.  
  17063. looking
  17064.  
  17065. The Etiquette of the Houses of Britain.
  17066.  
  17067. From Draco, son of Lucius son of Abraxis Lords of the Noble
  17068. and Most Ancient House of Malfoy, son also of Narcissa daughter of
  17069. Druella Lady of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, scion
  17070. and heir of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Malfoy:
  17071.  
  17072. To Hermione, the first Granger:
  17073.  
  17074. I, Draco, of Most Ancient House, demand redress,
  17075. for
  17076.  
  17077. unless
  17078.  
  17079. had
  17080.  
  17081. I, Draco, of Most Ancient House, demand redress, for that I
  17082. have thrice over helped you and offered you only my goodwill, and
  17083. in return you <span style=
  17084. 'text-decoration:underline;'>falsely</span> accused me of plotting
  17085. against you,
  17086.  
  17087. which insult you committed before the eyes of
  17088. Britain.
  17089.  
  17090. Thus I, Draco, compel you, Hermione, by custom, by law,
  17091. by
  17092.  
  17093. Thus I, Draco, compel you, Hermione, by custom, by law, by
  17094. the 17th ruling of the 31st Wizengamot, to meet me in wizard's duel
  17095. with terms: That we each come alone and in silence, speaking to
  17096. none before or after,
  17097.  
  17098. again
  17099.  
  17100. contesting by magic solely, without death or lasting
  17101. injury,
  17102.  
  17103. in the trophy room of the Castle of the Hogwarts School of
  17104. Witchcraft and Wizardry,
  17105.  
  17106. tonight
  17107.  
  17108. upon midnight's stroke that shall end this very
  17109. day.
  17110.  
  17111. Draco, of the Noble and Most Ancient House of
  17112. Malfoy.
  17113.  
  17114. If you don't know how the rules work, Granger, here's how it
  17115. is. You insulted a Most Ancient House, and I've got the lawful
  17116. right to challenge. And if you affront the conditions of the duel,
  17117. like by having Flitwick show up at the trophy room, or even just
  17118. telling anyone else, my father will take you and your false honor
  17119. straight to the Wizengamot.
  17120.  
  17121. Draco Malfo
  17122.  
  17123. productive
  17124.  
  17125. yes
  17126.  
  17127. the boss ain't to be
  17128. disturbed
  17129.  
  17130. then
  17131.  
  17132. Quibbler
  17133.  
  17134. Shut up,
  17135.  
  17136. Komodo, Butnaru,
  17137. Goryanof.
  17138.  
  17139.  
  17140. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17141. CHAPTER 79 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/79
  17142. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17143.  
  17144. "Hermione Granger," Auror Komodo said in a toneless voice,
  17145. "you are under arrest for the attempted murder of Draco
  17146. Malfoy."
  17147.  
  17148. Are you mad?
  17149.  
  17150. Hermione Granger
  17151.  
  17152. die
  17153.  
  17154. anyone -
  17155.  
  17156. stuck
  17157.  
  17158. Finite
  17159.  
  17160. HERMIONE YOU DIDN'T DO IT YOU'VE BEEN
  17161. FALSE-MEMORY-CHARMED!"
  17162.  
  17163. Hogwarts: A History
  17164.  
  17165. What?
  17166.  
  17167. Muggle
  17168.  
  17169. done
  17170.  
  17171. Supposed
  17172.  
  17173. supposed
  17174.  
  17175. supposedly
  17176.  
  17177. suspiciously
  17178.  
  17179. myself,
  17180.  
  17181. observe
  17182.  
  17183. observe,
  17184.  
  17185. Could
  17186.  
  17187. someone,
  17188.  
  17189. guided
  17190.  
  17191. first
  17192.  
  17193. removed
  17194.  
  17195. reaction
  17196.  
  17197. Professor Quirrell?
  17198.  
  17199. he
  17200.  
  17201. Horcrux.
  17202.  
  17203. use
  17204.  
  17205. use
  17206.  
  17207. here,
  17208.  
  17209. Here,
  17210.  
  17211. Hogwarts
  17212.  
  17213. reason
  17214.  
  17215. CHILDREN -
  17216.  
  17217. I had no choice!
  17218.  
  17219. own
  17220.  
  17221. his
  17222.  
  17223. asked
  17224.  
  17225. he
  17226.  
  17227. trouble!
  17228.  
  17229. lawyer,
  17230.  
  17231. Wizengamot
  17232.  
  17233. The rule of law, in complex times,
  17234. has proved itself deficient; we much prefer the rule of men, it's
  17235. vastly more efficient...
  17236.  
  17237. got
  17238.  
  17239. wish
  17240.  
  17241. What?
  17242.  
  17243. was
  17244.  
  17245. actually -
  17246.  
  17247. Harry's
  17248.  
  17249. Harry
  17250.  
  17251. now
  17252.  
  17253. someone
  17254.  
  17255. you
  17256.  
  17257. him.
  17258.  
  17259. thirty
  17260.  
  17261. Albus...
  17262.  
  17263. Listen
  17264.  
  17265. don't
  17266.  
  17267. Mr. Potter!
  17268.  
  17269. kidnapping
  17270. attempt!
  17271.  
  17272. Yes
  17273.  
  17274. adapted to the circumstances
  17275.  
  17276. possible
  17277.  
  17278. not
  17279.  
  17280. now
  17281.  
  17282. alive
  17283.  
  17284. different
  17285.  
  17286. I solemnly swear that
  17287. I am up to no good -
  17288.  
  17289. Deligitor prodi!
  17290.  
  17291. scarily right
  17292.  
  17293. Go,
  17294.  
  17295. Albus P.W.B. Dumbledore
  17296.  
  17297. Texas
  17298.  
  17299. there
  17300.  
  17301. hell
  17302.  
  17303. Polyfluis Reverso!
  17304.  
  17305. do
  17306.  
  17307. was
  17308.  
  17309. do
  17310.  
  17311. never
  17312.  
  17313. Death Eater!
  17314.  
  17315. cheated
  17316.  
  17317. -
  17318.  
  17319. SHUT UP!
  17320.  
  17321. silly
  17322.  
  17323. How is
  17324. that not BLOODY OBVIOUS?
  17325.  
  17326. that?
  17327.  
  17328. stupid?
  17329.  
  17330. they
  17331.  
  17332. they
  17333.  
  17334. pattern-matches
  17335.  
  17336. low-status
  17337.  
  17338. blithering
  17339.  
  17340. you
  17341.  
  17342. you
  17343.  
  17344. look
  17345.  
  17346. unusually
  17347.  
  17348. right,
  17349.  
  17350. she
  17351.  
  17352. fast
  17353.  
  17354. quickly
  17355.  
  17356. reliably
  17357.  
  17358.  
  17359. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17360. CHAPTER 80 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/80
  17361. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17362.  
  17363. Daily Prophet
  17364.  
  17365. everyone
  17366.  
  17367. nobody
  17368.  
  17369. too
  17370.  
  17371. Daily Prophet
  17372.  
  17373. "I will not try to keep you from this trial." The old
  17374. wizard's voice quiet and unyielding. "I can well foresee how that
  17375. would go. But I would have you treat me with equal courtesy in
  17376. return. The politics of the Wizengamot are delicate, and of them
  17377. you know nothing. Dare any folly and it shall be to Hermione
  17378. Granger's cost; and you will remember that folly for the rest of
  17379. your days, Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres."
  17380.  
  17381. "I understand," Harry said. "I know. Just - if you're
  17382. planning to pull a rabbit out of your hat and save the day at the
  17383. last minute when everything seems lost, please tell me now instead
  17384. of letting me sit and worry -"
  17385.  
  17386. "I would not do that to you," the old wizard said, a
  17387. terrible weariness seeming to suffuse him as he turned to go.
  17388. "Still less to Hermione. But I have no rabbits in my hat, Harry. We
  17389. can only see what Lucius Malfoy wants."
  17390.  
  17391. Order!
  17392.  
  17393. Harry it's all right there's
  17394. a Patronus -
  17395.  
  17396. But animal Patronuses aren't perfect,
  17397.  
  17398. Or Dumbledore wouldn't see the form of a
  17399. naked man painful to look upon. You felt it approaching, animal
  17400. Patronus or no...
  17401.  
  17402. else
  17403.  
  17404. pretend to be his age
  17405.  
  17406. our
  17407.  
  17408. toad.
  17409.  
  17410. wrongness
  17411.  
  17412. certainly
  17413.  
  17414. was
  17415.  
  17416. made
  17417. use of
  17418.  
  17419. plan
  17420.  
  17421. emptiness
  17422.  
  17423. Until she went after me in that battle, I wasn't plotting
  17424. anything against Granger. But after that day I really was feeling
  17425. insulted, I'd helped her all those times -
  17426.  
  17427. help
  17428.  
  17429. Daily Prophet
  17430.  
  17431. I'd been so tired from casting all those locking wards, I
  17432. was weak when I cast the last one. I thought I was stronger than
  17433. Granger but I wasn't certain, so I tested it empirically by
  17434. challenging her to a duel, that's why I d-d-did it and also because
  17435. if I'd won I was planning to beat her again the next day where
  17436. everyone could see. Stupid Veritaserum. But
  17437.  
  17438. didn't
  17439. know about that when she tried to
  17440.  
  17441. me! And I really
  17442. was insulted by what she'd done, I really had helped her before and
  17443. I hadn't been planning anything against her then, only
  17444.  
  17445. went after
  17446.  
  17447. in front of everyone!"
  17448.  
  17449. attempted
  17450.  
  17451. Enough!
  17452.  
  17453. lost?
  17454.  
  17455. you
  17456.  
  17457. Harry
  17458.  
  17459. help me
  17460.  
  17461. please -
  17462.  
  17463. Lucius
  17464. Malfoy.
  17465.  
  17466. You
  17467.  
  17468. Harry Potter
  17469.  
  17470. you
  17471.  
  17472. your
  17473.  
  17474. Enough!
  17475.  
  17476. games!
  17477.  
  17478. stupidity -
  17479.  
  17480. power,
  17481.  
  17482. child
  17483.  
  17484.  
  17485. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17486. CHAPTER 81 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/81
  17487. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17488.  
  17489. You'd better not even have to think about this,
  17490.  
  17491. It's a major purchase,
  17492.  
  17493. We ought
  17494. to spend a lot of time thinking about it.
  17495.  
  17496. shouldn't
  17497.  
  17498. Kimball Kinnison wouldn't hesitate,
  17499.  
  17500. Seriously. Like, snap decision. What sort of hero are you? I
  17501. already hate you just for having to think about it for longer than
  17502. 50 milliseconds.
  17503.  
  17504. This is real life,
  17505.  
  17506. Losing all your
  17507. money is a lot more painful for real people in real life than in
  17508. heroic books.
  17509.  
  17510. What?
  17511.  
  17512. Whose side are you
  17513. on?
  17514.  
  17515. I wasn't advocating for a particular answer,
  17516.  
  17517. I was just saying it because it was true.
  17518.  
  17519. Could a hundred thousand Galleons be used to save more than
  17520. one life if spent some other way?
  17521.  
  17522. We have
  17523. research to do, battles to fight, the difference between being
  17524. 40,000 Galleons rich and being 60,000 Galleons in debt is not
  17525. trivial -
  17526.  
  17527. So we'll just use one of our ways to make money fast and
  17528. earn it all back,
  17529.  
  17530. It's not certain those will work,
  17531.  
  17532. and a lot of them require starting cash -
  17533.  
  17534. Personally,
  17535.  
  17536. I vote that we save
  17537. Hermione and then gang up and kill our inner Slytherin.
  17538.  
  17539. What?
  17540.  
  17541. DIE.
  17542.  
  17543. That's the wrong answer, you know,
  17544.  
  17545. Seriously.
  17546.  
  17547. But it's the true answer.
  17548.  
  17549. still
  17550.  
  17551. What
  17552.  
  17553. dishonor
  17554.  
  17555. The girl is no part of House Potter -
  17556.  
  17557. This is ridiculous,
  17558.  
  17559. Our actions
  17560. here are completely incoherent. First you feel less emotional
  17561. reluctance to risk your bloody LIFE and probably DIE for Hermione,
  17562. than to part with a stupid heap of gold. And now you're balking
  17563. just at getting married?
  17564.  
  17565. SYSTEM ERROR.
  17566.  
  17567. You know what?
  17568.  
  17569. You're stupid.
  17570.  
  17571. I didn't say no,
  17572.  
  17573. I was just saying
  17574. SYSTEM ERROR.
  17575.  
  17576. I vote for destroying Azkaban,
  17577.  
  17578. It
  17579. needs to be done anyway.
  17580.  
  17581. Really, really stupid,
  17582.  
  17583. Oh, screw this, I'm assuming control of our
  17584. body.
  17585.  
  17586. With me,
  17587. Mr. Potter!
  17588.  
  17589. him
  17590.  
  17591. was
  17592.  
  17593. is
  17594.  
  17595. The Dementors are Death, and the Patronus Charm works by
  17596. thinking about happy thoughts instead of Death.
  17597.  
  17598. I am going to cancel the Patronus Charms and prevent any
  17599. more Patronuses from being cast. And then my Dementor, flying
  17600. faster than any broomstick, is going to Kiss everyone here who
  17601. voted to send a twelve-year-old girl to Azkaban.
  17602.  
  17603. anticipations
  17604.  
  17605. the Earth among the stars
  17606.  
  17607. someday the reality of which you are a shadow will cease to
  17608. exist
  17609.  
  17610. shoved
  17611.  
  17612. scaring
  17613.  
  17614. Hmpfh,
  17615.  
  17616. I kind of thought
  17617. we'd earned that one ourselves.
  17618.  
  17619. Oh, shut up.
  17620.  
  17621. why.
  17622.  
  17623. not
  17624.  
  17625. that,
  17626.  
  17627. not
  17628.  
  17629. Make
  17630. him go away.
  17631.  
  17632.  
  17633. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17634. CHAPTER 82 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/82
  17635. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17636.  
  17637. became
  17638.  
  17639. anywhere -
  17640.  
  17641. that
  17642.  
  17643. didn't
  17644.  
  17645. Wow,
  17646.  
  17647. You just told an outright lie.
  17648. Not only that, I think you actually
  17649.  
  17650. it for the
  17651. seconds it took to say it. That's kinda scary.
  17652.  
  17653. Is
  17654.  
  17655. Yes,
  17656.  
  17657. did
  17658.  
  17659. That's
  17660.  
  17661. you
  17662.  
  17663. actually
  17664.  
  17665. infinite!
  17666.  
  17667. Now you're just talking mathematical nonsense,
  17668.  
  17669. Ravenclaw, back me up here?
  17670.  
  17671. Phoenix's price.
  17672.  
  17673. Phoenix's fate.
  17674.  
  17675. Dumbledore,
  17676.  
  17677. Harry was sitting behind the desk in the Headmaster's office
  17678. of Hogwarts, and his wrinkled hands that clutched at his head were
  17679. spotted with age and white hairs.
  17680.  
  17681. "He is all that I have!" wept a voice, very strange was
  17682. Dumbledore's voice as Dumbledore himself remembered it, from the
  17683. inside it seemed far less stern and wise. "The last of my family!
  17684. All that I have left!"
  17685.  
  17686. No emotion had been allowed to pass through the Pensieve,
  17687. only the physical sensation of seeming to speak the words. Harry
  17688. heard the utter desolation in Dumbledore's words, the sounds that
  17689. seemed to come from Harry's own throat, but Harry did not feel it
  17690. beyond the hearing.
  17691.  
  17692. "You've got no choice," said a harsh voice.
  17693.  
  17694. The eyes moved, the field of vision jumped to a man that
  17695. Harry didn't recognize, in clothing tinged with Auror crimson but
  17696. made of solid leather with many pockets.
  17697.  
  17698. His right eye was overlarge, with an electric-blue pupil
  17699. that constantly darted and moved.
  17700.  
  17701. "You cannot ask this of me, Alastor!" Dumbledore's voice was
  17702. wild. "Not this! Anything but this!"
  17703.  
  17704. "I'm not asking," growled the man. "Voldie's the one who's
  17705. asking, and you're going to tell him no."
  17706.  
  17707. "For money, Alastor?" Dumbledore's voice was begging. "Only
  17708. for money?"
  17709.  
  17710. "You ransom Aberforth, you lose the war," the man said
  17711. sharply. "That simple. One hundred thousand Galleons is nearly all
  17712. we've got in the war-chest, and if you use it like this, it won't
  17713. be refilled. What'll you do, try to convince the Potters to empty
  17714. their vault like the Longbottoms already did? Voldie's just going
  17715. to kidnap someone else and make another demand. Alice, Minerva,
  17716. anyone you care about, they'll all be targets if you pay off the
  17717. Death Eaters. That's not the lesson you should be trying to teach
  17718. them."
  17719.  
  17720. "If I do this I will have no one. No one." Dumbledore's
  17721. voice broke, the world tilted as the outlooking head fell down into
  17722. the ancient hands, and awful sounds came from not-Harry's throat as
  17723. he began to sob like a child.
  17724.  
  17725. "Shall I tell Voldie's messenger no?" said Alastor's voice,
  17726. now strangely gentle. "You don't have to do it yourself, old
  17727. friend."
  17728.  
  17729. "No - I will say it myself - I must -"
  17730.  
  17731. now,
  17732.  
  17733. That
  17734.  
  17735. friends,
  17736.  
  17737. burned alive
  17738.  
  17739. was
  17740.  
  17741. told
  17742.  
  17743. right?
  17744.  
  17745. known
  17746.  
  17747. couldn't
  17748.  
  17749. You were monstrously unfair to Dumbledore,
  17750.  
  17751. Dumbledore fought a war against a Dark Lord who deliberately
  17752. set out to break him in the cruelest possible way. He had to choose
  17753. between losing his war and his brother. Albus Dumbledore knows, he
  17754. learned in the worst possible way, that there are limits to the
  17755. value of one life; and it almost broke his sanity to admit it. But
  17756. you, Harry Potter -
  17757.  
  17758. already knew better.
  17759.  
  17760. You'd already read about Philip Tetlock's experiments on
  17761. people asked to trade off a sacred value against a secular one,
  17762. like a hospital administrator who has to choose between spending a
  17763. million dollars on a liver to save a five-year-old, and spending
  17764. the million dollars to buy other hospital equipment or pay
  17765. physician salaries. And the subjects in the experiment became
  17766. indignant and wanted to punish the hospital administrator for even
  17767. thinking about the choice. Do you remember reading about that,
  17768. Harry Potter? Do you remember thinking how very stupid that was,
  17769. since if hospital equipment and doctor salaries didn't also save
  17770. lives, there would be no point in having hospitals or doctors?
  17771. Should the hospital administrator have paid a billion pounds for
  17772. that liver, even if it meant the hospital going bankrupt the next
  17773. day?
  17774.  
  17775. Every time you spend money in order to save a life with some
  17776. probability, you establish a lower bound on the monetary value of a
  17777. life. Every time you refuse to spend money to save a life with some
  17778. probability, you establish an upper bound on the monetary value of
  17779. life. If your upper bounds and lower bounds are inconsistent, it
  17780. means you could move money from one place to another, and save more
  17781. lives at the same cost. So if you want to use a bounded amount of
  17782. money to save as many lives as possible, your choices must be
  17783. consistent with
  17784.  
  17785. monetary value assigned to a human
  17786. life; if not then you could reshuffle the same money and do better.
  17787. How very sad, how very hollow the indignation, of those who refuse
  17788. to say that money and life can ever be compared, when all they're
  17789. doing is forbidding the strategy that saves the most people, for
  17790. the sake of pretentious moral grandstanding...
  17791.  
  17792. You
  17793.  
  17794. that, and you still said what you did to
  17795. Dumbledore.
  17796.  
  17797. You deliberately
  17798.  
  17799. to hurt Dumbledore's
  17800. feelings.
  17801.  
  17802. never tried to hurt
  17803.  
  17804. Harry Potter, not
  17805. once.
  17806.  
  17807. Is it because you know Dumbledore won't fight back? That no
  17808. matter what you say to him, however unfair, he'll never use his own
  17809. power against you, he'll never treat you the way you treat him? Is
  17810. this the way you treat people when you know they won't hit back?
  17811. James Potter's bullying genes, manifesting at last?
  17812.  
  17813. What is the real reason for your anger?
  17814.  
  17815. What do you fear?
  17816.  
  17817. actually
  17818.  
  17819. actually
  17820.  
  17821. whenever there was a reason,
  17822.  
  17823.  
  17824. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17825. CHAPTER 83 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/83
  17826. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17827.  
  17828. that
  17829.  
  17830. true
  17831.  
  17832. am
  17833.  
  17834.  
  17835. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17836. CHAPTER 84 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/84
  17837. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17838.  
  17839. you
  17840.  
  17841. Make it didn't happen...
  17842.  
  17843. really
  17844.  
  17845. quite
  17846.  
  17847. Harry
  17848.  
  17849. tried to act normal
  17850.  
  17851. that
  17852.  
  17853. had
  17854.  
  17855. Horrible
  17856.  
  17857. he'd
  17858.  
  17859. Sorry?
  17860.  
  17861. I
  17862.  
  17863. made
  17864.  
  17865. is
  17866.  
  17867. yourself
  17868.  
  17869. unglued
  17870.  
  17871. did
  17872.  
  17873. Why
  17874. not?
  17875.  
  17876. million
  17877.  
  17878. after
  17879.  
  17880. now
  17881.  
  17882. he
  17883.  
  17884. must!
  17885.  
  17886. is
  17887.  
  17888. this
  17889.  
  17890. possible
  17891.  
  17892. somehow
  17893.  
  17894. was
  17895.  
  17896. sneezed
  17897.  
  17898. hadn't
  17899.  
  17900. only
  17901.  
  17902. Lullaby, and goodnight...
  17903.  
  17904. any
  17905.  
  17906. impossible
  17907.  
  17908. just by humming at them
  17909.  
  17910. not
  17911.  
  17912. staring
  17913.  
  17914. humming!
  17915.  
  17916. not
  17917.  
  17918. If
  17919.  
  17920. I
  17921.  
  17922. nervously,
  17923.  
  17924. House
  17925.  
  17926. rest
  17927.  
  17928. resting
  17929.  
  17930. he
  17931.  
  17932. - like she remembered doing -
  17933.  
  17934. Afraid to find
  17935. out
  17936.  
  17937. bruised,
  17938.  
  17939. don't try to kill any
  17940. more students.
  17941.  
  17942. normal
  17943.  
  17944. We don't have to talk about it.
  17945.  
  17946. was
  17947.  
  17948. making
  17949. stuff up
  17950.  
  17951. both
  17952.  
  17953. told
  17954.  
  17955. slow to remember
  17956.  
  17957. only
  17958.  
  17959. is.
  17960.  
  17961. is
  17962.  
  17963. Daily Prophet
  17964.  
  17965. belief
  17966.  
  17967. is.
  17968.  
  17969. Captain Macmillian
  17970. -
  17971.  
  17972. right
  17973.  
  17974. actually
  17975.  
  17976. ...or if it turns out to be me after all?
  17977.  
  17978. Leave Hogwarts?
  17979.  
  17980. have
  17981.  
  17982. Ron
  17983.  
  17984. innocent,
  17985.  
  17986. she couldn't just go back to bed
  17987.  
  17988. Why -
  17989.  
  17990. Why did all this happen -
  17991.  
  17992. Everything was fine a week ago -
  17993.  
  17994. Why -
  17995.  
  17996. had
  17997.  
  17998. doing
  17999.  
  18000. Stupefy!
  18001.  
  18002. slowed to a stop
  18003.  
  18004. doing
  18005.  
  18006. didn't
  18007.  
  18008. What?
  18009.  
  18010. unpleasant.
  18011.  
  18012. him
  18013.  
  18014. him
  18015.  
  18016. What?
  18017.  
  18018. horrible!
  18019.  
  18020. do
  18021.  
  18022. want
  18023.  
  18024. expected
  18025.  
  18026. had
  18027.  
  18028. People become who they are meant to be, by doing what is
  18029. right,
  18030.  
  18031. right
  18032.  
  18033. why
  18034.  
  18035. can,
  18036.  
  18037. too much
  18038.  
  18039. pressure
  18040.  
  18041. was
  18042.  
  18043. just to get her
  18044. out of the way of his plans for Harry.
  18045.  
  18046. assuming
  18047.  
  18048. very quickly
  18049.  
  18050. And if not -
  18051.  
  18052. do
  18053.  
  18054. Hermione Granger, I shall be less subtle than is usual for a
  18055. mysterious old wizard, and tell you outright that you cannot
  18056.  
  18057. imagine
  18058.  
  18059. how badly things could go if the events
  18060. surrounding Harry Potter turn to ill.
  18061.  
  18062. not
  18063.  
  18064. shouldn't
  18065.  
  18066. shouldn't
  18067.  
  18068. Yes
  18069.  
  18070.  
  18071. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  18072. CHAPTER 85 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/85
  18073. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  18074.  
  18075. This chapter received a major, significiant revision on
  18076. December 16th, 2012. The main revision starts about halfway through
  18077. - search on the word "trivial" to find it.
  18078.  
  18079. incongruent
  18080.  
  18081. twice,
  18082.  
  18083. This day your war against Voldemort has begun...
  18084.  
  18085. who
  18086.  
  18087. that
  18088.  
  18089. the
  18090.  
  18091. Someone
  18092.  
  18093. really hard.
  18094.  
  18095. wasn't
  18096.  
  18097. imagine
  18098.  
  18099. was
  18100.  
  18101. actually
  18102.  
  18103. also
  18104.  
  18105. But
  18106.  
  18107. Dumbledore a good man?
  18108.  
  18109. If Dumbledore burned someone alive - wasn't the
  18110. whole point that good people may kill, but never kill with
  18111. suffering?
  18112.  
  18113. Maybe he killed her instantly,
  18114.  
  18115. and
  18116. then lied to Lucius about the burning-alive part. But... if there
  18117. was
  18118.  
  18119. possibility of the Death Eaters magically
  18120. verifying how Narcissa died... and if being caught in a lie
  18121. would've endangered Light-side families...
  18122.  
  18123. Be careful what we cleverly rationalize,
  18124.  
  18125. You have to expect reputational effects on how other people
  18126. treat you,
  18127.  
  18128. If you decide there's
  18129. sufficient reason to burn a woman alive, one of the predictable
  18130. side effects is that good people decide you've crossed the line and
  18131. have to be stopped. Dumbledore should've expected that. He's got no
  18132. right to complain.
  18133.  
  18134. Or maybe he expects us to be smarter,
  18135.  
  18136. Now that we know this much of the truth - no matter the exact
  18137. details of the full story - can we really believe that Dumbledore
  18138. is a terrible, terrible person who ought to be our enemy? In the
  18139. middle of a horrible bloody war, Dumbledore set
  18140.  
  18141. enemy
  18142. civilian on fire? That's only bad by the standards of comic books,
  18143. not by any sort of realistic historical standard.
  18144.  
  18145. SS
  18146. Hydro.
  18147.  
  18148. good
  18149.  
  18150. worse
  18151.  
  18152. fought in
  18153. a war
  18154.  
  18155. Protego
  18156.  
  18157. Are you so much better than Haukelid and Dumbledore, Harry
  18158. Potter, that you'll be able to fight without a single casualty?
  18159. Even in the world of comic books, the only reason a superhero like
  18160. Batman even
  18161.  
  18162. successful is that the comic-book
  18163. readers only notice when Important Named Characters die, not when
  18164. the Joker shoots some random nameless bystander to show off his
  18165. villainy. Batman is a murderer no less than the Joker, for all the
  18166. lives the Joker took that Batman could've saved by killing him.
  18167. That's what the man named Alastor was trying to tell Dumbledore,
  18168. and afterward Dumbledore regretted having taken so long to change
  18169. his mind. Are you really going to try to follow the path of the
  18170. superhero, and never sacrifice a single piece or kill a single
  18171. enemy?
  18172.  
  18173. first
  18174.  
  18175. not
  18176.  
  18177. near
  18178.  
  18179. really
  18180.  
  18181. non-obvious
  18182.  
  18183. Long ago and far away, ever so long ago.
  18184.  
  18185. not
  18186.  
  18187. fundamental
  18188.  
  18189. forever
  18190. impossible:
  18191.  
  18192. Aguamenti.
  18193.  
  18194. ultimate
  18195.  
  18196. knew
  18197.  
  18198. had
  18199.  
  18200. He is not like Grindelwald
  18201.  
  18202. There is nothing human
  18203. left in him. Him you must destroy. Save your fury for that, and
  18204. that alone -
  18205.  
  18206. had
  18207.  
  18208. distant
  18209.  
  18210. incredibly
  18211.  
  18212. now
  18213.  
  18214. No, I didn't mean it, please don't die!
  18215.  
  18216. No, I didn't mean it, please don't die!
  18217.  
  18218. Don't take it away, don't don't don't -
  18219.  
  18220. Hermione
  18221.  
  18222. was
  18223.  
  18224. save her no matter what?
  18225.  
  18226. None. It's a happy thought.
  18227.  
  18228. should
  18229.  
  18230. see
  18231.  
  18232. closer
  18233.  
  18234. COME!
  18235.  
  18236. action,
  18237.  
  18238. do
  18239.  
  18240. now
  18241.  
  18242. Let's go. It's time.
  18243.  
  18244. chose
  18245.  
  18246. knowledge -
  18247.  
  18248. do
  18249.  
  18250. clean
  18251.  
  18252. his
  18253.  
  18254. What are you doing here?
  18255.  
  18256. In my duel with Grindelwald I could not win, only fight him
  18257. for long hours until he collapsed in exhaustion; and I would have
  18258. died of it afterward, if not for Fawkes -
  18259.  
  18260. could
  18261.  
  18262. "Come back!
  18263.  
  18264. Final Aftermath:
  18265.  
  18266. she could not understand what she
  18267. had seen
  18268.  
  18269.  
  18270. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  18271. CHAPTER 86 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/86
  18272. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  18273.  
  18274. Toronto Magical Tribune:
  18275.  
  18276. New Zealand Spellcrafter's
  18277. Diurnal Notice:
  18278.  
  18279. American Mage:
  18280.  
  18281. The Quibbler:
  18282.  
  18283. Daily Prophet:
  18284.  
  18285. Hypothesis: Voldemort<br />
  18286.  
  18287. (April 8th, 1992,
  18288. 7:22pm)
  18289.  
  18290. inside
  18291.  
  18292. dangerous
  18293.  
  18294. I don't
  18295.  
  18296. meaning.
  18297.  
  18298. And the Dark Lord shall mark him as his equal,
  18299.  
  18300. But he shall have power
  18301. the Dark Lord knows not... and either must destroy all but a
  18302. remnant of the other, for those two different spirits cannot exist
  18303. in the same world.
  18304.  
  18305. The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord
  18306. approaches, born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the
  18307. seventh month -
  18308.  
  18309. carefully
  18310.  
  18311. me.
  18312.  
  18313. power the Dark
  18314. Lord has not.
  18315.  
  18316. power the Dark Lord cannot
  18317. have.
  18318.  
  18319. power the Dark Lord knows not
  18320.  
  18321. thinking.
  18322.  
  18323. this
  18324.  
  18325. know
  18326.  
  18327. What?
  18328.  
  18329. immediately
  18330.  
  18331. some
  18332.  
  18333. only
  18334.  
  18335. several
  18336.  
  18337. one
  18338.  
  18339. If
  18340.  
  18341. strong
  18342.  
  18343. can't possibly happen
  18344.  
  18345. didn't
  18346.  
  18347. Most
  18348.  
  18349. just
  18350.  
  18351. sure
  18352.  
  18353. understand
  18354.  
  18355. recognize
  18356.  
  18357. not
  18358.  
  18359. think
  18360.  
  18361. is
  18362.  
  18363. can't
  18364.  
  18365. enough.
  18366.  
  18367. chance
  18368.  
  18369. somewhat
  18370.  
  18371. also
  18372.  
  18373. not
  18374.  
  18375. that's
  18376.  
  18377. that
  18378.  
  18379. a
  18380. priori
  18381.  
  18382. Where
  18383.  
  18384. is
  18385.  
  18386. qualitatively
  18387.  
  18388. have
  18389.  
  18390. that
  18391.  
  18392. certain
  18393.  
  18394. of
  18395.  
  18396. Works of the Ancient
  18397. Wizards
  18398.  
  18399. know
  18400.  
  18401. parents
  18402.  
  18403. there?
  18404.  
  18405. I
  18406.  
  18407. dumb,
  18408.  
  18409. does
  18410.  
  18411. And
  18412.  
  18413. equal,
  18414.  
  18415. Homo
  18416. sapiens
  18417.  
  18418. you
  18419.  
  18420. that
  18421.  
  18422. obvious
  18423.  
  18424. Death Eater?
  18425.  
  18426. might
  18427.  
  18428. can't
  18429.  
  18430. any
  18431.  
  18432. "Thank you, Mr. Potter."
  18433.  
  18434. very
  18435.  
  18436. actually
  18437.  
  18438. one
  18439.  
  18440. near
  18441.  
  18442. that
  18443.  
  18444. equal
  18445.  
  18446. do
  18447.  
  18448. couldn't say his actual reasons for disagreeing,
  18449.  
  18450. impossible,
  18451.  
  18452. someday
  18453.  
  18454. lot harder
  18455.  
  18456. much more ingenuity
  18457.  
  18458. that
  18459.  
  18460. been
  18461.  
  18462. seen
  18463.  
  18464. supersaturated
  18465.  
  18466. might
  18467.  
  18468. still.
  18469.  
  18470. fail
  18471.  
  18472. anyway
  18473.  
  18474. on top of
  18475. that
  18476.  
  18477. dead.
  18478.  
  18479. All
  18480.  
  18481. instantly -
  18482.  
  18483. did
  18484.  
  18485. All that isn't on remotely the
  18486. same threat scale as the enemy being smart, in which case they
  18487. Transfigure botulinum toxin and sneak a millionth of a gram into
  18488. your teacup.
  18489.  
  18490. take the Dark Lord seriously!
  18491.  
  18492. far
  18493.  
  18494. Um,
  18495.  
  18496. Um,
  18497. honestly Professor McGonagall is right, we're not taking this as
  18498. seriously as we'd take a scientific problem. The difficult thing is
  18499. to react
  18500.  
  18501. to new information, instead of just
  18502. flushing it out the window. Right now it looks like we didn't shift
  18503. belief
  18504.  
  18505. after encountering an unexpected, important
  18506. argument. Our dismissal of Lord Voldemort as a serious threat
  18507.  
  18508. originally based on the Dark Mark being blatantly stupid.
  18509. It would require a focused effort to de-update and suspect the
  18510. whole garden-path of reasoning we went down based on that false
  18511. assumption, and we're
  18512.  
  18513. putting in that effort right
  18514. now.
  18515.  
  18516. Probability estimate,
  18517.  
  18518. That the Dark Lord is alive, and as smart
  18519. as we are, and hence a genuine threat.
  18520.  
  18521. Why aren't all his enemies already dead?
  18522.  
  18523. Note,
  18524.  
  18525. we had already thought of
  18526. that argument so we can't use it to shift belief
  18527.  
  18528. each time we rehearse it.
  18529.  
  18530. But what's the actual flaw in the logic?
  18531.  
  18532. In worlds with a smart Lord Voldemort, everyone in the
  18533. Order of the Phoenix died in the first five minutes of the war. The
  18534. world doesn't look like that, so we don't live in that world.
  18535. QED.
  18536.  
  18537. Is that really certain?
  18538.  
  18539. Maybe there was some reason
  18540. Lord Voldemort
  18541.  
  18542. fighting all-out back then
  18543. -
  18544.  
  18545. Like what?
  18546.  
  18547. Furthermore,
  18548. whatever your excuse, I demand that the probability of your
  18549. hypothesis be penalized in accordance with its added complexity
  18550. -
  18551.  
  18552. Let Three talk,
  18553.  
  18554. Okay... look,
  18555.  
  18556. First of all,
  18557. we don't
  18558.  
  18559. that anyone can take over the Ministry just
  18560. with mind control. Maybe magical Britain is really an oligarchy and
  18561. you need enough military power to intimidate the family heads into
  18562. submission -
  18563.  
  18564. Imperius them too,
  18565.  
  18566. - and the oligarchs have Thief's Downfall in the entrances
  18567. to
  18568.  
  18569. homes -
  18570.  
  18571. Complexity penalty!
  18572.  
  18573. More
  18574. epicycles!
  18575.  
  18576. oh, be reasonable,
  18577.  
  18578. We
  18579. haven't actually
  18580.  
  18581. anyone taking over the Ministry with
  18582. a couple of well-placed Imperius curses. We don't
  18583.  
  18584. that it can actually be done that easily.
  18585.  
  18586. But,
  18587.  
  18588. even taking that into
  18589. account... it really seems like there should've been
  18590.  
  18591. other way. Ten years of failure, really? Using only
  18592. conventional terrorist tactics? That's just... not even
  18593.  
  18594. Maybe Lord Voldemort did have more creative ideas,
  18595.  
  18596. but he didn't want to tip his hand
  18597. to
  18598.  
  18599. countries' governments, didn't want
  18600.  
  18601. to know how vulnerable they were and install Thief's Downfall
  18602. in
  18603.  
  18604. Ministries. Not until he had Britain as a base
  18605. and enough servants to subvert
  18606.  
  18607. the other major
  18608. governments simultaneously.
  18609.  
  18610. You're assuming he wants to conquer the whole world,
  18611.  
  18612. Trelawney prophesized that he would be our equal,
  18613.  
  18614. Therefore, he wanted to take
  18615. over the world.
  18616.  
  18617. And if he is your equal, and you do have to fight him
  18618. -
  18619.  
  18620. creative
  18621.  
  18622. tried
  18623.  
  18624. Prior odds that someone attempting an immortality ritual
  18625. would actually have it work...
  18626.  
  18627. What if the Dark Lord
  18628.  
  18629. as smart as us?
  18630.  
  18631. You know, the way Trelawney prophesied him
  18632. being our
  18633.  
  18634. Then he would
  18635.  
  18636. his
  18637. immortality ritual work.
  18638.  
  18639. P.S., don't forget that 'destroy
  18640. all but a remnant of the other' line.
  18641.  
  18642. not
  18643.  
  18644. them
  18645.  
  18646. didn't
  18647.  
  18648. more
  18649.  
  18650. originally
  18651.  
  18652. immediately
  18653.  
  18654. was
  18655.  
  18656. somewhat
  18657.  
  18658. that
  18659.  
  18660. get
  18661.  
  18662. process
  18663.  
  18664. thought
  18665.  
  18666. if
  18667.  
  18668. was
  18669.  
  18670. after
  18671.  
  18672. weigh
  18673.  
  18674. one
  18675.  
  18676. Hypothesis: Hermione Granger
  18677.  
  18678. (April 8th, 1992, 6:53pm)
  18679.  
  18680. he
  18681.  
  18682. can't
  18683.  
  18684. relentless
  18685.  
  18686. some
  18687.  
  18688. going
  18689.  
  18690. how
  18691.  
  18692. I,
  18693.  
  18694. real
  18695.  
  18696. sad,
  18697.  
  18698. obviously
  18699.  
  18700. couldn't
  18701.  
  18702. Wow,
  18703.  
  18704. sophisticated
  18705.  
  18706. know
  18707.  
  18708. snap
  18709.  
  18710. Yes! Thank you!
  18711.  
  18712. told
  18713.  
  18714. predict
  18715.  
  18716. didn't
  18717.  
  18718. completely hopeless,
  18719.  
  18720. really
  18721.  
  18722. normal
  18723.  
  18724. ordinary
  18725.  
  18726. made
  18727.  
  18728. hidden hand
  18729.  
  18730. everything,
  18731.  
  18732. real
  18733.  
  18734. Tracey Davis!
  18735.  
  18736. shaking,
  18737.  
  18738. afraid -
  18739.  
  18740. you know...
  18741.  
  18742. ages
  18743.  
  18744. us.
  18745.  
  18746. we're
  18747.  
  18748. Hypothesis: G. L.<br />
  18749. <em>(April 8th, 1992, 8:08pm)
  18750.  
  18751. ambush,
  18752.  
  18753. Somnium
  18754.  
  18755. him?
  18756.  
  18757. interested
  18758.  
  18759. fantastically
  18760.  
  18761. certain
  18762.  
  18763. what?
  18764.  
  18765. And
  18766.  
  18767. Ministry
  18768.  
  18769. exactly
  18770.  
  18771. certain
  18772.  
  18773. not
  18774.  
  18775. horcrux
  18776.  
  18777. did
  18778.  
  18779. try
  18780.  
  18781. not -
  18782.  
  18783. pretending
  18784.  
  18785. pretending
  18786.  
  18787. that
  18788.  
  18789. normal
  18790.  
  18791. move,
  18792.  
  18793. that
  18794.  
  18795. Mad-Eye
  18796. Moody
  18797.  
  18798. was
  18799.  
  18800. Stupefy!
  18801.  
  18802. Sagitta Magica,
  18803.  
  18804. something
  18805.  
  18806. believe
  18807.  
  18808. Stuporfy!
  18809.  
  18810. Merlin's name
  18811.  
  18812. Second Foundation
  18813.  
  18814. mean
  18815.  
  18816. possibly
  18817.  
  18818. Mad-Eye
  18819. Moody!
  18820.  
  18821. your
  18822.  
  18823. "Neither of you?"
  18824.  
  18825. actually
  18826.  
  18827. wasn't
  18828.  
  18829. that
  18830.  
  18831. fight
  18832.  
  18833. win.
  18834.  
  18835. role
  18836.  
  18837. consequences
  18838.  
  18839. could
  18840.  
  18841. actually
  18842.  
  18843. himself
  18844.  
  18845. some
  18846.  
  18847. not
  18848.  
  18849. something.
  18850.  
  18851. not
  18852.  
  18853. Hypothesis: Gilderoy Lockhart: END
  18854.  
  18855. Hypothesis: Dumbledore
  18856.  
  18857. (April 9th, 1992, 5:32pm)
  18858.  
  18859. actually
  18860.  
  18861. staring
  18862.  
  18863. anything
  18864.  
  18865. is
  18866.  
  18867. did
  18868.  
  18869. had
  18870.  
  18871. But if it's you behind all of this, Professor, you might
  18872. have shaped your plans to frame the Headmaster, and taken care to
  18873. cast suspicion on him in advance.
  18874.  
  18875. Hermione
  18876.  
  18877. looks
  18878.  
  18879. Draco?
  18880.  
  18881. Lucius Malfoy
  18882.  
  18883. his own son?
  18884.  
  18885. former
  18886.  
  18887. low
  18888.  
  18889. role
  18890.  
  18891. He's
  18892.  
  18893. Imperio
  18894.  
  18895. Legilimens,
  18896.  
  18897. that
  18898.  
  18899. don't
  18900.  
  18901. expect
  18902.  
  18903. wouldn't
  18904.  
  18905. improbability
  18906.  
  18907. Huh?
  18908.  
  18909. certainly
  18910.  
  18911. wait, but how on Earth would Professor Quirrell know about
  18912.  
  18913. -
  18914.  
  18915. were
  18916.  
  18917. HE IS COMING. THE ONE WHO WILL TEAR APART THE VERY
  18918. -
  18919.  
  18920. that
  18921.  
  18922. Aha, now Mr.
  18923. Potter, what is this mysterious
  18924.  
  18925. prophecy you went to
  18926. such lengths to deny -
  18927.  
  18928. uncertain predicate referent,
  18929. he-who-is-coming.
  18930.  
  18931. was
  18932.  
  18933. else
  18934.  
  18935. hear
  18936.  
  18937. us
  18938.  
  18939. Did
  18940.  
  18941. other
  18942.  
  18943. that
  18944.  
  18945. Hypothesis: The Defense Professor
  18946.  
  18947. (April 8th, 1992, 8:37pm)
  18948.  
  18949. required
  18950.  
  18951. quite
  18952.  
  18953. unbalanced...
  18954.  
  18955. solemn
  18956.  
  18957. vroop-vroop-vroop
  18958.  
  18959. Vroop... vroop... vroop
  18960.  
  18961. wasn't
  18962.  
  18963. not
  18964.  
  18965. hoped
  18966.  
  18967. hope
  18968.  
  18969. felt
  18970.  
  18971. Professor Quirrell
  18972.  
  18973. you
  18974.  
  18975. It is also possible to have a
  18976. mask behind the mask.
  18977.  
  18978. obvious?
  18979.  
  18980. paranoid.
  18981.  
  18982. You don't know Professor Quirrell,
  18983.  
  18984. pretending
  18985.  
  18986. pretend
  18987.  
  18988. little
  18989.  
  18990. Not paranoid enough! CONSTANT VIGILANCE!
  18991.  
  18992. real
  18993.  
  18994. now,
  18995.  
  18996. new
  18997.  
  18998. says
  18999.  
  19000. is
  19001.  
  19002. much
  19003.  
  19004. What?
  19005.  
  19006. It
  19007.  
  19008. kind of obvious, though,
  19009.  
  19010. I mean, do you actually believe that under
  19011. natural circumstances, anyone would end up as the last heir to a
  19012. Most Ancient House AND Lord Voldemort killed his family AND he has
  19013. to avenge his martial arts sensei? If anything I'd say he went too
  19014. far over the top in setting up his new identity as the ideal
  19015. literary hero. That sort of thing doesn't happen in real
  19016. life.
  19017.  
  19018. This from an orphan who was raised unaware of his
  19019. heritage,
  19020.  
  19021. With a prophecy
  19022. about him. You know, I don't think we've ever read a story about
  19023. two equally destined heroes competing to see who's cliched enough
  19024. to take down the villain -
  19025.  
  19026. Yes,
  19027.  
  19028. it's a very sad life we lead
  19029. and YOU'RE NOT HELPING.
  19030.  
  19031. There's only one thing to do at this point,
  19032.  
  19033. And we all know what it is, so why argue?
  19034.  
  19035. But,
  19036.  
  19037. how
  19038.  
  19039. we test
  19040. experimentally whether or not Professor Quirrell is the original
  19041. David Monroe? I mean, what sort of observable behaves differently,
  19042. depending on whether he's the real David Monroe or an
  19043. impostor?
  19044.  
  19045. every
  19046.  
  19047. be
  19048.  
  19049. actually
  19050.  
  19051. does
  19052.  
  19053. me
  19054.  
  19055. mood.
  19056.  
  19057. he
  19058.  
  19059. look
  19060.  
  19061. walls.
  19062.  
  19063. reason
  19064.  
  19065. just
  19066.  
  19067. mean
  19068.  
  19069. want
  19070.  
  19071. I wanted him dead.
  19072.  
  19073. You can't want the
  19074. person dead as an instrumental value on the way to some positive
  19075. future consequence, you can't cast it if you believe it's a
  19076. necessary evil, you have to actually want them dead for the sake of
  19077. being dead, as a terminal value in your utility function.
  19078.  
  19079. Impossible
  19080.  
  19081. before
  19082.  
  19083. right
  19084.  
  19085. proper
  19086.  
  19087. couldn't
  19088.  
  19089. try
  19090.  
  19091. It only takes a little cracking...
  19092.  
  19093. you
  19094.  
  19095. What?
  19096.  
  19097. wasn't
  19098.  
  19099. isn't
  19100.  
  19101. Hypothesis: Severus Snape
  19102.  
  19103. <br />
  19104.  
  19105. (April 8th,
  19106. 1992, 9:03pm)
  19107.  
  19108. one
  19109.  
  19110. do
  19111.  
  19112. not
  19113.  
  19114. wish
  19115.  
  19116. was
  19117.  
  19118. anyway,
  19119.  
  19120. me.
  19121.  
  19122. are
  19123.  
  19124. not
  19125.  
  19126. something
  19127.  
  19128. imagine
  19129.  
  19130. feel
  19131.  
  19132. was
  19133.  
  19134. appear
  19135.  
  19136. exterminated
  19137.  
  19138. back
  19139.  
  19140. Why
  19141.  
  19142. had
  19143.  
  19144. Mr.
  19145.  
  19146. you
  19147.  
  19148. him
  19149.  
  19150. already
  19151.  
  19152. something
  19153.  
  19154. all
  19155.  
  19156. certain sort of girl
  19157.  
  19158. did
  19159.  
  19160. very
  19161.  
  19162. I'll
  19163.  
  19164. In any case, Mr. Potter,
  19165.  
  19166. certainly
  19167.  
  19168. read
  19169.  
  19170. mean?
  19171.  
  19172. noticing
  19173.  
  19174. that
  19175.  
  19176. "Snape and Dumbledore?
  19177.  
  19178. "No!"
  19179.  
  19180. He was
  19181.  
  19182. in love with my mother?
  19183.  
  19184. third
  19185.  
  19186. Of course, that was before I gave him my helpful
  19187. relationship advice.
  19188.  
  19189. also
  19190.  
  19191. has
  19192.  
  19193. What would he do then?
  19194.  
  19195. overheard
  19196.  
  19197. Surely
  19198.  
  19199. anyone
  19200.  
  19201. you
  19202.  
  19203. potion of cold resistance
  19204.  
  19205. not
  19206. mocking
  19207.  
  19208. You know,
  19209.  
  19210. it might not
  19211. be such a good idea to give him closure, if his guilt-based
  19212. loyalties are already wavering -
  19213.  
  19214. Shut up. Overruled.
  19215.  
  19216. actually
  19217.  
  19218. exactly
  19219.  
  19220. will
  19221.  
  19222. job interview?
  19223.  
  19224. cold
  19225.  
  19226. Stand aside, woman! For you I am not come, only the
  19227. boy.
  19228.  
  19229. me
  19230.  
  19231. I give you this rare chance to flee.
  19232.  
  19233. Very well, I accept the bargain.
  19234.  
  19235. leave,
  19236.  
  19237. and then
  19238.  
  19239. She died thinking that she'd failed, and that the Dark Lord
  19240. was going to kill her baby next. That's pain.
  19241.  
  19242.  
  19243. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  19244. CHAPTER 87 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/87
  19245. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  19246.  
  19247. Thursday, April 16th, 1992.
  19248.  
  19249. to.
  19250.  
  19251. relaxing
  19252.  
  19253. home
  19254.  
  19255. almost
  19256.  
  19257. awful
  19258.  
  19259. was
  19260.  
  19261. she
  19262.  
  19263. frighten Dementors
  19264.  
  19265. didn't
  19266.  
  19267. Breathe
  19268.  
  19269. Do
  19270.  
  19271. No!
  19272.  
  19273. everything!
  19274.  
  19275. Everything!
  19276.  
  19277. you
  19278.  
  19279. me, I'd
  19280.  
  19281. still
  19282.  
  19283. that
  19284.  
  19285. which
  19286.  
  19287. did
  19288.  
  19289. couldn't
  19290.  
  19291. The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts
  19292.  
  19293. real
  19294.  
  19295. same
  19296.  
  19297. and
  19298.  
  19299. and
  19300.  
  19301. wizards
  19302.  
  19303. this
  19304.  
  19305. Everyone
  19306.  
  19307. countries
  19308.  
  19309. secret.
  19310.  
  19311. done
  19312.  
  19313. him
  19314.  
  19315. immortality
  19316.  
  19317. just keep
  19318. going.
  19319.  
  19320. that
  19321.  
  19322. you
  19323.  
  19324. how
  19325.  
  19326. World's Wealthiest
  19327. Wizards
  19328.  
  19329. Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts,
  19330.  
  19331. Stories of Moderately Ancient Times
  19332.  
  19333. Biographies of the Justly Famous...
  19334.  
  19335. Professor Quirrell
  19336.  
  19337. or
  19338.  
  19339. selfish
  19340.  
  19341. that
  19342.  
  19343. knows
  19344.  
  19345. you,
  19346.  
  19347. week
  19348.  
  19349. telling
  19350.  
  19351. which
  19352.  
  19353. then
  19354.  
  19355. know that,
  19356.  
  19357. could
  19358.  
  19359. brilliant,
  19360.  
  19361. Quietus,
  19362.  
  19363. can't
  19364.  
  19365. all
  19366.  
  19367. have
  19368.  
  19369. lot
  19370.  
  19371. bookmarks,
  19372.  
  19373. mass-produce immortality
  19374.  
  19375. pay
  19376. off my debt to Lucius Malfoy?
  19377.  
  19378. tried
  19379.  
  19380. own
  19381.  
  19382. who
  19383.  
  19384. know
  19385.  
  19386. right
  19387.  
  19388. I've got a mysterious dark side!
  19389.  
  19390. definitely
  19391.  
  19392. cheating,
  19393.  
  19394. cheating
  19395.  
  19396. still beating me in Charms class.
  19397.  
  19398. still
  19399. competing
  19400.  
  19401. wasn't
  19402.  
  19403. true
  19404.  
  19405. don't
  19406.  
  19407. her
  19408.  
  19409. deserved
  19410.  
  19411. me
  19412.  
  19413. isn't
  19414.  
  19415. your
  19416.  
  19417. was,
  19418.  
  19419. corrupting?
  19420.  
  19421. Draco Malfoy
  19422.  
  19423. any
  19424. idea -
  19425.  
  19426. saying
  19427.  
  19428. do
  19429.  
  19430. you,
  19431.  
  19432. unspeakable,
  19433.  
  19434. when
  19435.  
  19436. what
  19437.  
  19438. never
  19439.  
  19440. Death
  19441. Eaters.
  19442.  
  19443. supernatural
  19444. intervention
  19445.  
  19446. your
  19447.  
  19448. his
  19449.  
  19450. No,
  19451.  
  19452. tell
  19453.  
  19454. see when people are hurting,
  19455.  
  19456. rule
  19457.  
  19458. see
  19459.  
  19460. here,
  19461.  
  19462. not
  19463.  
  19464. feel
  19465.  
  19466. friends
  19467.  
  19468. learn
  19469.  
  19470. not
  19471.  
  19472. ,
  19473.  
  19474. can
  19475.  
  19476. tells
  19477.  
  19478. No they don't!
  19479.  
  19480. everyone knows
  19481.  
  19482. genetically
  19483.  
  19484. all on your own
  19485.  
  19486. finish
  19487.  
  19488. told
  19489.  
  19490. despite that
  19491.  
  19492. finished
  19493.  
  19494. he's
  19495. done pretty well so far.
  19496.  
  19497. did
  19498.  
  19499. tell
  19500.  
  19501. known
  19502.  
  19503. real
  19504.  
  19505. actually
  19506.  
  19507. test it empirically
  19508.  
  19509. exact words
  19510.  
  19511. course
  19512.  
  19513. really
  19514.  
  19515. quite
  19516.  
  19517. You were doing SCIENCE with him?
  19518.  
  19519. You were doing SCIENCE with him? You were supposed to be
  19520. doing science with ME!
  19521.  
  19522. real
  19523.  
  19524. teaching
  19525.  
  19526. him
  19527.  
  19528. me,
  19529.  
  19530. That is not
  19531. okay! You can't do science with two people at once!
  19532.  
  19533. not tell them about each other!
  19534.  
  19535. did
  19536.  
  19537. careful."
  19538.  
  19539. hissed
  19540.  
  19541. more.
  19542.  
  19543. metaphorical
  19544.  
  19545. "What?
  19546.  
  19547. firmly
  19548. in mind
  19549.  
  19550. real
  19551. scientists
  19552.  
  19553. all the time,
  19554.  
  19555. him
  19556.  
  19557. Really,
  19558.  
  19559. feel special,
  19560.  
  19561. only
  19562.  
  19563. only
  19564.  
  19565. not
  19566.  
  19567. Is
  19568.  
  19569. more
  19570.  
  19571. "That's not why I did it! I did it because we're
  19572. friends!
  19573.  
  19574. that
  19575.  
  19576. I'm
  19577.  
  19578. you,
  19579.  
  19580. goodness.
  19581.  
  19582. that
  19583.  
  19584. know
  19585.  
  19586. "I'm
  19587.  
  19588. even with all that weird magical stuff
  19589.  
  19590. physically incapable
  19591.  
  19592. have
  19593.  
  19594. had
  19595.  
  19596. queasily
  19597.  
  19598. what was Harry even doing
  19599. asking a poor innocent girl a question like that -
  19600.  
  19601. sorry
  19602.  
  19603. diagnostic
  19604.  
  19605. promising
  19606.  
  19607. those.
  19608.  
  19609. had
  19610.  
  19611. Remove your hand before I cast it into the outer
  19612. darkness.
  19613.  
  19614.  
  19615. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  19616. CHAPTER 88 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/88
  19617. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  19618.  
  19619. blithering
  19620.  
  19621. him,
  19622.  
  19623. Argus!
  19624.  
  19625. Of course,
  19626.  
  19627. the third-floor
  19628. corridor - this could be a distraction -
  19629.  
  19630. "Prefects - lead your
  19631. houses back to the dormitories immediately!"
  19632.  
  19633. you
  19634.  
  19635. not
  19636.  
  19637. duelling,
  19638.  
  19639. home
  19640.  
  19641. safe,
  19642.  
  19643. .
  19644.  
  19645. for any reason,
  19646.  
  19647. Tick.
  19648.  
  19649. Tick.
  19650.  
  19651. all
  19652.  
  19653. Tick.
  19654.  
  19655. noisy
  19656.  
  19657. Tick.
  19658.  
  19659. Tick.
  19660.  
  19661. Tick.
  19662.  
  19663. from.
  19664.  
  19665. Tick.
  19666.  
  19667. Tick.
  19668.  
  19669. Tick.
  19670.  
  19671. Tick.
  19672.  
  19673. Tick.
  19674.  
  19675. Tick.
  19676.  
  19677. Tick.
  19678.  
  19679. Tick.
  19680.  
  19681. do
  19682.  
  19683. now
  19684.  
  19685. where
  19686.  
  19687. Tick.
  19688.  
  19689. silent
  19690.  
  19691. Hermione won't have any idea it's a troll, so she'll go
  19692. investigate the noise. She's a heroine, isn't she?
  19693.  
  19694. Tick.
  19695.  
  19696. Tick.
  19697.  
  19698. her.
  19699.  
  19700. Tick.
  19701.  
  19702. also
  19703.  
  19704. Tick.
  19705.  
  19706. hell
  19707.  
  19708. kill them
  19709.  
  19710. Tick.
  19711.  
  19712. certain
  19713.  
  19714. Tick.
  19715.  
  19716. Tick.
  19717.  
  19718. "Hermione Granger! Are you here?"
  19719.  
  19720. "Has anyone seen Hermione Granger since -
  19721.  
  19722. Does anyone have any idea where she
  19723. might be?"
  19724.  
  19725. Don't worry, Harry, I'm right here.
  19726.  
  19727. THINK -
  19728.  
  19729. Tick.
  19730.  
  19731. Tick.
  19732.  
  19733. Tick.
  19734.  
  19735. "Find her?"
  19736.  
  19737. that
  19738.  
  19739. look
  19740.  
  19741. we'll
  19742.  
  19743. All right everyone! Listen up!
  19744.  
  19745. QUIET! EVERYONE! SHUT UP!
  19746.  
  19747. fight
  19748.  
  19749. Please.
  19750.  
  19751. Tick.
  19752.  
  19753. here
  19754.  
  19755. she
  19756.  
  19757. understands
  19758.  
  19759. out there, alone -"
  19760.  
  19761. Tick.
  19762.  
  19763. you
  19764.  
  19765. do!
  19766.  
  19767. Tick.
  19768.  
  19769. normal
  19770.  
  19771. good excuse
  19772. to do nothing...
  19773.  
  19774. Tick.
  19775.  
  19776. Tick.
  19777.  
  19778. now are you a Gryffindor or
  19779. not?"
  19780.  
  19781. me?
  19782.  
  19783. a murder she did not commit
  19784.  
  19785. someone to help her?"
  19786.  
  19787. Sixth-years! Calling all
  19788. sixth-years! Are there any sixth-years here who aren't worthless
  19789. cowards?"
  19790.  
  19791. Fifth years?
  19792.  
  19793. I'm trying to be sensible, damn
  19794. it!
  19795.  
  19796. distracted
  19797.  
  19798. yeh.
  19799.  
  19800. Stupefy!
  19801.  
  19802. What do yeh think yeh're
  19803. doing!
  19804.  
  19805. Sorry!
  19806.  
  19807. Incendium!
  19808. Glisseo!
  19809.  
  19810. can't
  19811.  
  19812. you -
  19813.  
  19814. "Ron, you madman, what are you doing -
  19815.  
  19816. "broomstick",
  19817.  
  19818. this is what happens when you try to be
  19819. sensible
  19820.  
  19821. "Up!
  19822.  
  19823. Gah!
  19824.  
  19825. Fred? George?
  19826.  
  19827. has
  19828.  
  19829. why
  19830.  
  19831. don't know!"
  19832.  
  19833. Yes!
  19834.  
  19835. hard
  19836.  
  19837. slow down
  19838.  
  19839. couldn't
  19840.  
  19841. wasn't
  19842.  
  19843. on
  19844. a broomstick,
  19845.  
  19846. What?
  19847.  
  19848. think -
  19849.  
  19850. stay put
  19851.  
  19852. closed,
  19853.  
  19854. I'm talking to NPCs again
  19855.  
  19856. he had to find Hermione
  19857.  
  19858. why
  19859.  
  19860. stupid
  19861.  
  19862. protect Hermione Granger
  19863.  
  19864. EXPECTO PATRONUM!
  19865.  
  19866. "AHHHHHHHHH!
  19867.  
  19868. know
  19869. where
  19870.  
  19871. take me to her!"
  19872.  
  19873. all still taking too
  19874. much time,
  19875.  
  19876.  
  19877. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  19878. CHAPTER 89 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/89
  19879. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  19880.  
  19881. still moving
  19882.  
  19883. Diffindo!" / "Reducto!
  19884.  
  19885. Fire and acid!
  19886.  
  19887. Use fire or
  19888. acid!
  19889.  
  19890. "Fuego!"
  19891.  
  19892. "Incendio!"
  19893.  
  19894. "Deligitor
  19895. prodeas!"
  19896.  
  19897. "HELP! Do something!"
  19898.  
  19899. "GRYFFINDOR!"
  19900.  
  19901. nihil
  19902. supernum.
  19903.  
  19904. No, stop, you have no idea how to use a sword
  19905.  
  19906. "Fred!
  19907.  
  19908. "VENTUS!"
  19909.  
  19910. VENTUS!
  19911.  
  19912. "VENTUS!"
  19913.  
  19914. intent to kill
  19915.  
  19916. think purely of killing
  19917.  
  19918. grasp at any means to do so
  19919.  
  19920. censors off, do not flinch
  19921.  
  19922. KILL
  19923.  
  19924. "Wingardium Leviosa."
  19925.  
  19926. "Finite Incantatem."
  19927.  
  19928. You'll be all right,
  19929.  
  19930. You'll
  19931. be all right, we'll find some magic to fix all this, put you back
  19932. to normal, just hold on, don't -
  19933.  
  19934. something
  19935.  
  19936. "There isn't anything I can do! Her soul has departed, she's
  19937. passed on!"
  19938.  
  19939. No.
  19940.  
  19941. I do not accept this.
  19942.  
  19943. There isn't any reason to accept it, not when there's magic
  19944. in the world.
  19945.  
  19946. <strong>"HE IS HERE. THE ONE WHO WILL TEAR APART THE VERY
  19947. STARS IN HEAVEN. HE IS HERE. HE IS THE END OF THE
  19948. WORLD."</strong>
  19949.  
  19950.  
  19951. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  19952. CHAPTER 90 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/90
  19953. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  19954.  
  19955. Innervate
  19956.  
  19957. now,
  19958.  
  19959. everything
  19960.  
  19961. "Frigideiro!"
  19962.  
  19963. Not Hermione - no -
  19964.  
  19965. heal
  19966.  
  19967. To help you - you're
  19968. not all right -
  19969.  
  19970. done?
  19971.  
  19972. "Nothing I could have DONE? I've lost track of how
  19973. many different ways I could've saved her! If I'd asked to have us
  19974. all given communications mirrors! If I'd insisted on Hermione being
  19975. taken out of Hogwarts and put in a school that isn't insane! If I'd
  19976. snuck out immediately instead of trying to argue with normal
  19977. people! If I'd remembered the Patronus earlier! If I'd thought
  19978. through possible emergencies and trained myself to think about
  19979. Patronuses earlier! Even at the very last minute it might not have
  19980. been too late! I killed the troll and turned to her and she was
  19981. still ALIVE and I just knelt next to her listening to her last
  19982. words like an IDIOT instead of casting the Patronus again and
  19983. calling Dumbledore to send Fawkes!
  19984.  
  19985. before
  19986.  
  19987. asked
  19988.  
  19989. not
  19990.  
  19991. You're
  19992.  
  19993. cowardice
  19994.  
  19995. himself
  19996.  
  19997. So you also don't think it's worth the trouble of holding me
  19998. responsible...
  19999.  
  20000. you
  20001.  
  20002. you
  20003.  
  20004. not be
  20005.  
  20006. live
  20007.  
  20008. life -
  20009.  
  20010. make it
  20011. happen
  20012.  
  20013. that,
  20014.  
  20015. how
  20016.  
  20017. library?
  20018.  
  20019. at all costs.
  20020.  
  20021. not
  20022.  
  20023. immediately
  20024.  
  20025.  
  20026. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20027. CHAPTER 91 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/91
  20028. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20029.  
  20030. A/N: This chapter does <span style=
  20031. 'text-decoration:underline;'>not</span> contain a spoiler for any
  20032. particular Orson Scott Card novel. It's a metaphor.
  20033.  
  20034. leave me alone
  20035.  
  20036. Your books betrayed you, Potter. They did not tell you the
  20037. one thing you needed to know. You cannot learn from books what it
  20038. is like to lose the one you love. That is something you could never
  20039. know without experiencing it for yourself.
  20040.  
  20041. again
  20042.  
  20043. They
  20044.  
  20045. Right?
  20046.  
  20047. Muggles,
  20048.  
  20049. rights,
  20050.  
  20051. fairness
  20052.  
  20053. power,
  20054.  
  20055. real
  20056.  
  20057. did
  20058.  
  20059. actually
  20060.  
  20061. real,
  20062.  
  20063. Childcraft: A Guide For Parents.
  20064.  
  20065. makes me
  20066. smarter.
  20067.  
  20068. pretend
  20069.  
  20070. well
  20071.  
  20072. Harry -
  20073.  
  20074. supposed
  20075.  
  20076. everything,
  20077.  
  20078. here
  20079.  
  20080. Hogwarts.
  20081.  
  20082. someone
  20083.  
  20084. immediately
  20085.  
  20086. anyway
  20087.  
  20088. not
  20089.  
  20090. the picture of a stern
  20091. disciplinarian
  20092.  
  20093.  
  20094. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20095. CHAPTER 92 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/92
  20096. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20097.  
  20098. That will never happen again
  20099.  
  20100. No
  20101.  
  20102. had
  20103.  
  20104. Do we understand what we did wrong?
  20105.  
  20106. Yes,
  20107.  
  20108. Your ethical qualms don't even make sense. You're not
  20109. tricking Lesath. You did exactly what Lesath thinks you did. You
  20110. wouldn't have to make excuses for why Lesath was helping you, you
  20111. could just say you were calling in the debt from rescuing him from
  20112. bullies, there were six witnesses to that. Hermione died because
  20113. you forgot about an extremely valuable resource, and you forgot
  20114. about Lesath because... why?
  20115.  
  20116. Because having Lesath Lestrange for a minion seemed sort of
  20117. Dark-Lordish?
  20118.  
  20119. I
  20120. mean... that decision was probably mostly me...
  20121.  
  20122. Stop it!
  20123.  
  20124. Next time,
  20125.  
  20126. I suggest that we
  20127. spend more time worrying about what is efficient and effective, and
  20128. less time worrying about what seems sort of Dark-Lordish.
  20129.  
  20130. Point made,
  20131.  
  20132. I will.
  20133.  
  20134. No, you won't,
  20135.  
  20136. You'll come up with
  20137. more rationalisations for your petty qualms. You'll start listening
  20138. to me after your
  20139.  
  20140. friend dies.
  20141.  
  20142. pain
  20143.  
  20144. hurts
  20145.  
  20146. concern,
  20147.  
  20148. him
  20149.  
  20150. physical
  20151.  
  20152. enough,
  20153.  
  20154. You
  20155.  
  20156. You
  20157.  
  20158. dare
  20159.  
  20160. will
  20161.  
  20162. dangerous
  20163.  
  20164. all that you can
  20165.  
  20166. You
  20167.  
  20168. would
  20169.  
  20170. possible
  20171.  
  20172. You
  20173.  
  20174.  
  20175. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20176. CHAPTER 93 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/93
  20177. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20178.  
  20179. Feeling revulsion when you look at other humans is not a
  20180. good sign,
  20181.  
  20182. It's not reasonable to blame
  20183. them for having not had your opportunities to learn what you've
  20184. learned. Inaction in emergencies has nothing to do with people
  20185. being selfish. Normalcy bias, like that plane crash in
  20186. Tener-something where a few people ran out and escaped but most
  20187. people just sat in their seats not moving while their plane was
  20188. literally on fire. Look at how long
  20189.  
  20190. took to really
  20191. start moving.
  20192.  
  20193. It serves no useful purpose to hate
  20194.  
  20195. It's just going to damage your altruism.
  20196.  
  20197. Try to figure out a training method you could use to prevent
  20198. this from happening next time,
  20199.  
  20200. I'll go ahead and register the experimental prediction,
  20201.  
  20202. that we'll always observe exactly what would be
  20203. predicted on the hypothesis that people cannot be saved, cannot be
  20204. taught, and will never help us with anything important. Also, we
  20205. need some way of keeping track of all the times I'm right.
  20206.  
  20207. do
  20208.  
  20209. Son,
  20210.  
  20211. No matter what you've read in books, keeping us out of
  20212. harm's way is
  20213.  
  20214. not
  20215.  
  20216. as important as having adults
  20217. who can help when you're in trouble. You decided without giving us
  20218. a word in edgewise that we'd abandon you because of your 'dark
  20219. side'. The ghost of Shakespeare knows that I've seen things in this
  20220. last year that were not dreamt of in my philosophy - sometimes I
  20221. wonder if your Mum isn't just humoring me and the authorities took
  20222. you away when I started thinking you were a magic-user - so I can't
  20223. deny that it's
  20224.  
  20225. possible
  20226.  
  20227. you've managed to develop
  20228. some... I'm not quite sure what to call it, but 'dark side' seems
  20229. premature if we don't know what's happening. Are you sure it's not
  20230. a burgeoning telepathic talent and you're just picking up on the
  20231. minds of other wizards around you? Their thoughts might seem evil
  20232. to a child who grew up in a saner civilization. These are
  20233. ungrounded speculations, I admit, but you shouldn't jump to
  20234. conclusions either.
  20235.  
  20236. The two most important things I have to tell you are this.
  20237. First, son, I have
  20238.  
  20239. every
  20240.  
  20241. confidence in your
  20242. ability to stay on the Light Side of the Force so long as you
  20243. choose to, and I have every confidence that you will choose to. If
  20244. there's some evil spirit whispering horrible suggestions in your
  20245. ears, just ignore the suggestions. I
  20246.  
  20247. do
  20248.  
  20249. feel the
  20250. need to emphasize that you should exercise special caution to
  20251. ignore this evil spirit even if it is suggesting what seem like
  20252. wonderful creative ideas and I hope I do not need to remind you
  20253. about the Incident with the Science Project which would, I admit,
  20254. make a deal more sense if you were struggling with demonic
  20255. possession.
  20256.  
  20257. The second thing I have to say is that you do not need to
  20258. fear that Mum or I are going to abandon you because of your 'dark
  20259. side'. We may not have expected you to gain magical powers or
  20260. develop an affinity for black magic, but we did expect you to
  20261. become a teenager. Which, if you think about it from your poor
  20262. father's perspective, is already a sufficiently worrying prospect
  20263. regarding a child who, by the age of nine, had been party to the
  20264. summoning of a total of five fire engines. Children grow up. I
  20265. won't lie to you and say that you will feel as close to us at 20 as
  20266. you do now. But your Mum and I will feel just as close to you when
  20267. we are old and grey and bothering the nursing-home robots. Children
  20268. always grow up and away from their parents, and the parents always
  20269. follow them from behind, offering helpful advice. Children grow up,
  20270. and their personalities change, and they do things that their
  20271. parents wish they would not do, and they act disrespectfully toward
  20272. their parents and have them hauled out of their magical schools,
  20273. and the parents go on loving them anyway. It is Nature's way.
  20274. Though in the event that you have not yet hit puberty and your
  20275. teenage years are proportionately worse than this, we reserve the
  20276. right to reconsider this sentiment.
  20277.  
  20278. No matter what is happening, remember that we love you and
  20279. will always love you no matter what. I don't know if our love has
  20280. any magical power under your rules, but if it does, don't hesitate
  20281. to call on it.
  20282.  
  20283. With all of this said... Harry, what you did there is not
  20284. acceptable. I think you know that. And I also know that it is not
  20285. the time to lecture you on it. But you must write and tell us what
  20286. is happening. I can understand very well why you'd want us taken
  20287. out of your school at once, and I know we can't force you to do
  20288. anything, but please, Harry, be reasonable and realize how
  20289. terrified we must be.
  20290.  
  20291. I would like to tell you that you are absolutely forbidden
  20292. to mess around with any magic that the adults around you consider
  20293. the least bit unsafe, but for all I know, the teachers at your
  20294. school are giving everyone lessons in advanced necromancy every
  20295. Monday. Please, please exercise as much caution as your situation
  20296. permits, whatever your situation may be. Despite your very hurried
  20297. summary we don't have the slightest idea what is happening and I
  20298. hope that you will write us as much as you can. It is clear that
  20299. you are, at least in some ways, growing up, and I will
  20300.  
  20301. try
  20302.  
  20303. not to act like the children's-book parent who
  20304. only makes things worse - though I hope you appreciate how hard
  20305. this is - and your Mum has said a number of frightening things to
  20306. me about how wizardry stays secret and how I might get
  20307.  
  20308. you
  20309.  
  20310. into trouble by making waves. I cannot tell you to
  20311. avoid anything unsafe, because your school is unsafe and your
  20312. Headmaster will not let you leave. I can't tell you that you
  20313. shouldn't take responsibility for anything happening around you,
  20314. because for all I know there are other children in trouble. But
  20315. remember that it is
  20316.  
  20317. not
  20318.  
  20319. your moral responsibility
  20320. to protect any adults, their place is to protect you, and every
  20321. good adult would agree with that. Please write and tell us more as
  20322. soon as you can.
  20323.  
  20324. Both of us are desperate to help. If there is anything at
  20325. all that we can do, please let us know at once. There is nothing
  20326. which can happen to us which would be worse than learning that
  20327. something had happened to you.
  20328.  
  20329. Love,<br />
  20330.  
  20331. Dad.
  20332.  
  20333. <br />
  20334.  
  20335. You promised me that you wouldn't let magic take you away
  20336. from me. I didn't raise you to be a boy who would break a promise
  20337. to his Mum. You must come back safely, because you
  20338. promised.
  20339.  
  20340. Love,<br />
  20341.  
  20342. Mum.
  20343.  
  20344. <br />
  20345.  
  20346. her
  20347.  
  20348. in extremis
  20349.  
  20350. That Hermione Granger is dead.
  20351.  
  20352. this
  20353.  
  20354. Stop!
  20355.  
  20356. "
  20357.  
  20358. second
  20359.  
  20360. "You shouldn't!
  20361.  
  20362. What was that our Slytherin side was saying about predicting
  20363. nothing would ever work?
  20364.  
  20365. Just to make sure,
  20366.  
  20367. this
  20368. doesn't mean we've accepted Hermione's death, right?
  20369.  
  20370. NO
  20371.  
  20372. Never, ever, forever.
  20373.  
  20374.  
  20375. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20376. CHAPTER 94 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/94
  20377. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20378.  
  20379. The first meeting:
  20380.  
  20381. seen
  20382.  
  20383. What?
  20384.  
  20385. am
  20386.  
  20387. Thought 1: But I saw the troll kill Hermione.
  20388.  
  20389. Thought 2: Professor Quirrell Memory-Charmed me and set up
  20390. the scene that Dumbledore saw when he arrived.
  20391.  
  20392. Thought 3: Professor Quirrell can't do that, his magic can't
  20393. touch mine. I saw that in Azkaban -
  20394.  
  20395. Thought 4: Can I trust those memories?
  20396.  
  20397. Thought 5: There was clearly some sort of debacle at
  20398. Azkaban, we wouldn't have needed a rocket if Professor Quirrell
  20399. hadn't fallen unconscious, and why'd he be unconscious if not
  20400. -
  20401.  
  20402. Thought 6: Did I ever actually go to Azkaban at
  20403. all?
  20404.  
  20405. Thought 7: I clearly practiced controlling Dementors at some
  20406. point before I scared that Dementor in the Wizengamot. And
  20407.  
  20408. was in the newspapers.
  20409.  
  20410. Thought 8: Am I accurately remembering the
  20411. newspapers?
  20412.  
  20413. modus operandi.
  20414.  
  20415. The enemy is smart.
  20416.  
  20417. diabolus ex machina,
  20418.  
  20419. The enemy is smart.
  20420.  
  20421. Like I would.
  20422.  
  20423. did
  20424.  
  20425. really
  20426.  
  20427. Okay, serious question. If the enemy is that smart, why the
  20428. heck am I still alive? Is it seriously that hard to poison someone,
  20429. are there Charms and Potions and bezoars which can cure me of
  20430. literally anything that could be slipped into my breakfast?
  20431.  
  20432. Would the wards record it, trace the magic of the
  20433. murderer?
  20434.  
  20435. Could my
  20436.  
  20437. contain the fragment of soul that's
  20438. keeping the Dark Lord anchored to the world, so he doesn't want to
  20439. kill me? Instead he's trying to drive off all my friends to weaken
  20440. my spirit so he can take over my body? It'd explain the Parselmouth
  20441. thing. The Sorting Hat might not be able to detect a
  20442. lich-phylactery-thingy. Obvious problem 1, the Dark Lord is
  20443. supposed to have made his lich-phylactery-thingy in 1943 by killing
  20444. whatshername and framing Mr. Hagrid. Obvious problem 2, there's no
  20445. such thing as souls.
  20446.  
  20447. Though Dumbledore also thought that my blood was a key
  20448. ingredient in a ritual to restore the Dark Lord's full strength,
  20449. which would require keeping me alive until then... now there's a
  20450. cheery thought.
  20451.  
  20452. now.
  20453.  
  20454. Why didn't the enemy strike
  20455. while we were distracted?
  20456.  
  20457. fine
  20458.  
  20459. not sufficient
  20460. justification
  20461.  
  20462. Gryffindor!
  20463.  
  20464. Nothing better
  20465.  
  20466. Nihil supernum,
  20467.  
  20468. quite
  20469.  
  20470. The second meeting (in a small cubby off the Hufflepuff
  20471. Common Room):
  20472.  
  20473. I
  20474.  
  20475. nothing to do
  20476.  
  20477. Significantly
  20478.  
  20479. You
  20480.  
  20481. I'm
  20482.  
  20483. guarantee
  20484.  
  20485. considered
  20486.  
  20487.  
  20488. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20489. CHAPTER 95 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/95
  20490. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20491.  
  20492. The third meeting<br />
  20493. (10:31am, April 17th 1992)
  20494.  
  20495. wanted
  20496.  
  20497. implicitly believed
  20498.  
  20499. Fixus Everythingus
  20500.  
  20501. Becomus Goddus.
  20502.  
  20503. why not?
  20504.  
  20505. Professor Quirrell?
  20506.  
  20507. I don't feel like doing this right now,
  20508.  
  20509. Oh, right.
  20510.  
  20511. knew
  20512.  
  20513. can
  20514.  
  20515. Sun
  20516.  
  20517. it
  20518.  
  20519. can't
  20520.  
  20521. right,
  20522.  
  20523. extremely
  20524.  
  20525. all,
  20526.  
  20527. less
  20528.  
  20529. think
  20530. outside the box
  20531.  
  20532. themselves
  20533.  
  20534. contrived
  20535.  
  20536. truly
  20537.  
  20538. role
  20539.  
  20540. fiction.
  20541.  
  20542. not
  20543.  
  20544. can!
  20545.  
  20546. think very rationally
  20547.  
  20548. reading from a script,
  20549.  
  20550. human beings not knowing any better.
  20551.  
  20552. occur
  20553.  
  20554. why?
  20555.  
  20556. true.
  20557.  
  20558. universe
  20559.  
  20560. not
  20561.  
  20562. them
  20563.  
  20564. what?
  20565.  
  20566.  
  20567. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20568. CHAPTER 96 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/96
  20569. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20570.  
  20571. A/N: For those who have not read canon: The wooden sign has
  20572. somewhat changed, but the inscription here is the same as in J.K.
  20573. Rowling's original.
  20574.  
  20575. The fourth meeting:<br />
  20576. (4:38pm, April 17th, 1992)
  20577.  
  20578. I don't wish to talk about
  20579. that,
  20580.  
  20581. with you or anyone.
  20582.  
  20583. ambition
  20584.  
  20585. the common
  20586. endeavor.
  20587.  
  20588. The most likely difference is not that you care more.
  20589. Rather it is that, being a more logical creature than they, only
  20590. you are aware that the role of Friend ought to require this of
  20591. you...
  20592.  
  20593. Surely, if Lupin truly cared, he would not need
  20594. special instruction for something as simple as thinking for five
  20595. minutes before giving up...
  20596.  
  20597. Yes, he would,
  20598.  
  20599. Human beings wouldn't suddenly obtain a skill like that just
  20600. because they cared. I learned about it because I'd read library
  20601. books, produced by a huge scientific edifice -
  20602.  
  20603. But
  20604. there is also another hypothesis, Mr. Potter, and it fits the data
  20605. in a much less complicated way.
  20606.  
  20607. No it doesn't! How would people even know what to pretend,
  20608. if nobody had ever cared?
  20609.  
  20610. They don't know. That is what you observe.
  20611.  
  20612. silently, making less
  20613. noise than the dead leaves slithering along the
  20614. pavement...
  20615.  
  20616. You were our miracle.
  20617.  
  20618. why
  20619.  
  20620. Hallie Fleming,
  20621.  
  20622. Vienna Wood,
  20623.  
  20624. this has been happening for
  20625. so long, why haven't wizards tried to stop it, why aren't they
  20626. putting all their strength into that like Muggles do with medical
  20627. research, only more so, wizards have more reason to
  20628. hope...
  20629.  
  20630. Kendra
  20631. Dumbledore
  20632.  
  20633. Ariana Dumbledore.
  20634.  
  20635. who wrote
  20636. this?
  20637.  
  20638. This!
  20639.  
  20640. inscription!
  20641.  
  20642. How?
  20643.  
  20644. genetic
  20645.  
  20646. The three Peverell brothers.
  20647.  
  20648. Had they lost someone precious to them, was that where it
  20649. had begun?
  20650.  
  20651. The Cloak of Invisibility, that could defeat the Dementors'
  20652. sight.
  20653.  
  20654. Hiding from Death's shadow is not defeating Death itself.
  20655. The Resurrection Stone couldn't really bring anyone back. The Elder
  20656. Wand couldn't protect you from old age.
  20657.  
  20658. Generation after generation.
  20659.  
  20660. Until it came to me.
  20661.  
  20662. couldn't
  20663.  
  20664. My family.
  20665.  
  20666. You really were, my mother and my father.
  20667.  
  20668. <br />
  20669.  
  20670. Of
  20671.  
  20672. other wizards have tried. I am not
  20673. unique. I was never alone. These feelings in my heart, they're not
  20674. so special, not in the wizard world or the Muggle one.
  20675.  
  20676. Oh, right. So far as Mr. Lupin knows, I can't -
  20677.  
  20678. "What?
  20679.  
  20680. baroque
  20681.  
  20682. notice
  20683.  
  20684. Thrayen beyn Peverlas soona ahnd thrih heera toal thissoom
  20685. Dath bey yewoonen.
  20686.  
  20687. Some time later:
  20688.  
  20689. Þregen béon Pefearles suna and
  20690. þrie hira tól þissum Déað béo gewunen.
  20691.  
  20692.  
  20693. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20694. CHAPTER 97 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/97
  20695. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20696.  
  20697. The fifth meeting: 10:12am, Sunday, April 19th.
  20698.  
  20699. Fortius Quo Fidelius
  20700.  
  20701. If I understand human nature correctly - and if I'm right
  20702. that all the humanoid magical species are genetically human plus a
  20703. heritable magical effect - then you're not likely to become friends
  20704. with a wizard just because I'm polite to you, or say that I'm
  20705. sympathetic. But
  20706.  
  20707. I wonder if you would back the
  20708. Boy-Who-Lived in a bid to overthrow the Ministry, if I promised to
  20709. revoke the Wand Law afterward... or if I quietly gave you wands,
  20710. and spellbooks, in exchange for your support... is that why the
  20711. secret of wand-making is restricted to people like Ollivander?
  20712. Though if you really are human, just plain human, then the goblin
  20713. nation probably has its own internal horrors, its own Azkabans, for
  20714. that is also human nature; in which case sooner or later I must
  20715. overthrow or reform your own government as well. Hm.
  20716.  
  20717. Nothing,
  20718.  
  20719. The Wonderful Adventures of the
  20720. Boy-Who-Lived
  20721.  
  20722. actual
  20723.  
  20724. Subtle
  20725.  
  20726. Draco.
  20727.  
  20728. I'm sorry
  20729.  
  20730. Who
  20731.  
  20732. complete
  20733.  
  20734. something
  20735.  
  20736. son
  20737.  
  20738. much
  20739.  
  20740. did not make the tiniest bit of
  20741. sense,
  20742.  
  20743. son
  20744.  
  20745. Veritaserum
  20746.  
  20747. raving lunacy,
  20748.  
  20749. personally carried out,
  20750.  
  20751. "A certain point of view?"
  20752.  
  20753. lies!
  20754.  
  20755. think
  20756.  
  20757. used
  20758.  
  20759. "Even I know that's not what friendship is!"
  20760.  
  20761. Why?"
  20762.  
  20763. suspect,
  20764.  
  20765. Snape?
  20766.  
  20767. And the fifth, Lord
  20768. Voldemort, I do not think I should name to you.
  20769.  
  20770. true
  20771.  
  20772. Actually, no,
  20773.  
  20774. That's
  20775.  
  20776. not
  20777.  
  20778. you
  20779.  
  20780. that
  20781.  
  20782. else
  20783.  
  20784. earlier
  20785.  
  20786. frame Hermione for Draco
  20787. Malfoy's murder.
  20788.  
  20789. you
  20790.  
  20791. I
  20792.  
  20793. say
  20794.  
  20795. met
  20796.  
  20797. own
  20798.  
  20799. are
  20800.  
  20801. would
  20802.  
  20803. Last chance to live, Lucius. Ethically speaking, your life
  20804. was bought and paid for the day you committed your first atrocity
  20805. for the Death Eaters. You're still human and your life still has
  20806. intrinsic value, but you no longer have the deontological
  20807. protection of an innocent. Any good person is licensed to kill you
  20808. now, if they think it'll save net lives in the long run; and I will
  20809. conclude as much of you, if you begin to get in my way. Whoever
  20810. sent the troll after Granger must have targeted you too and hit you
  20811. with some curse that makes former Death Eaters melt into a pile of
  20812. goo. Very sad.
  20813.  
  20814. he
  20815.  
  20816. You
  20817. wronged me.
  20818.  
  20819. you owe me.
  20820.  
  20821. almost
  20822.  
  20823. indemnify
  20824.  
  20825. exonerate
  20826.  
  20827. not
  20828.  
  20829. me
  20830.  
  20831. just
  20832.  
  20833. Not if they had shields raised.
  20834.  
  20835. An expanding rock in the throat is inherently lethal.
  20836.  
  20837. Compared to trying to target a Wingardium Leviosa and Finite
  20838. Incantatem -
  20839.  
  20840. only
  20841.  
  20842. been
  20843.  
  20844. Not
  20845.  
  20846. since the beginning.
  20847.  
  20848. said
  20849.  
  20850. admitted
  20851.  
  20852. did
  20853.  
  20854. ignored
  20855.  
  20856. motive?
  20857.  
  20858. had
  20859.  
  20860. that
  20861.  
  20862. all
  20863.  
  20864. me
  20865.  
  20866. tried
  20867.  
  20868. Would I have gotten there in time, if the Weasley twins
  20869. hadn't had their magic map stolen? Could that have been the plan?
  20870. And then, though Dumbledore didn't know it, somebody stole their
  20871. map, and I was too late... but no, that doesn't make much sense, I
  20872. found out too late, how could Dumbledore have guessed that I'd use
  20873. a broomstick... well, he did know I had one...
  20874.  
  20875. expect
  20876.  
  20877. all
  20878.  
  20879. supposed
  20880.  
  20881. would
  20882.  
  20883. I cannot believe I am having this
  20884. conversation.
  20885.  
  20886. actually
  20887.  
  20888. time
  20889.  
  20890. is
  20891.  
  20892. What?
  20893.  
  20894. swear
  20895.  
  20896. exonerate House Malfoy
  20897.  
  20898. any
  20899. involvement in Hermione Granger's death?
  20900.  
  20901.  
  20902. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20903. CHAPTER 98 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/98
  20904. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20905.  
  20906. Sunday, April 19th, 6:34pm.
  20907.  
  20908. possibly
  20909.  
  20910. "You!"
  20911.  
  20912. What are you doing in my bedroom?
  20913.  
  20914. kill
  20915.  
  20916. know
  20917.  
  20918. Malfoy!
  20919.  
  20920. "Expecto Patronum!
  20921.  
  20922. did
  20923.  
  20924. saying?
  20925.  
  20926. skin
  20927.  
  20928. trousers!
  20929.  
  20930. you,
  20931.  
  20932. findable
  20933.  
  20934. won't
  20935.  
  20936. is
  20937.  
  20938. half
  20939.  
  20940. do?
  20941.  
  20942. planning
  20943.  
  20944. let
  20945.  
  20946. any
  20947.  
  20948. please
  20949.  
  20950. him
  20951.  
  20952. Atlas
  20953. Shrugged,
  20954.  
  20955. Monday, April 20th, 7:00pm.
  20956.  
  20957. Ting.
  20958.  
  20959. Ting.
  20960.  
  20961. Ting.
  20962.  
  20963. Ting.
  20964.  
  20965. Ting.
  20966.  
  20967. Ting.
  20968.  
  20969. Enter!
  20970.  
  20971. All
  20972.  
  20973. me
  20974.  
  20975. fight
  20976. back."
  20977.  
  20978.  
  20979. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20980. CHAPTER 100 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/100
  20981. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  20982.  
  20983. May 13th, 1992.
  20984.  
  20985. said,
  20986.  
  20987. Forest?
  20988.  
  20989. and
  20990.  
  20991. is
  20992.  
  20993. 'er.
  20994.  
  20995. "All
  20996.  
  20997. the
  20998.  
  20999. "Anyway,"
  21000.  
  21001. probability of
  21002. Slytherin given Dark
  21003.  
  21004. probability of Dark given
  21005. Slytherin
  21006.  
  21007. costly
  21008.  
  21009. get behind that tree!
  21010.  
  21011. was
  21012.  
  21013. not
  21014.  
  21015. me
  21016.  
  21017. her,
  21018.  
  21019. "No, you numbskull!
  21020.  
  21021. one
  21022.  
  21023. it was looking at them.
  21024.  
  21025. time.
  21026.  
  21027. - an instant before the seething thing gave forth another
  21028. terrible hiss, and all the shielding spells winked out. The three
  21029. Aurors and Professor McGonagall fell off their broomsticks and
  21030. dropped heavily to the forest floor, lying motionless.
  21031.  
  21032. Draco couldn't breathe, the most intense fear he'd ever felt
  21033. in his life gripping all through his chest, sending tendrils around
  21034. his heart.
  21035.  
  21036. Harry Potter, who had remained untouched, silently guided
  21037. his broomstick toward the ground -
  21038.  
  21039. - and then leapt off to stand between Draco and the seething
  21040. outline, interposing himself like a living shield.
  21041.  
  21042. "Run!" said Harry Potter, turning his head half-back to look
  21043. at Draco. The silver moonlight gleamed on his face. "Run, Draco!
  21044. I'll hold it off!"
  21045.  
  21046. "You can't fight that thing alone!" Draco cried aloud. A
  21047. nausea was in his stomach, a churning sensation that, looking back
  21048. in memory, seemed both like and unlike a sense of guilt, as though
  21049. it had the sensations but not quite all of the emotion.
  21050.  
  21051. "I must," Harry Potter said grimly. "Go!"
  21052.  
  21053. "Harry, I - I'm sorry, for everything - I" Though later,
  21054. looking back, Draco couldn't quite remember what he'd meant to
  21055. apologize for, maybe it'd been that he was planning to overthow
  21056. Harry's conspiracy, all that time ago.
  21057.  
  21058. The seething figure, now seeming blacker and more terrible,
  21059. rose up into the air, hovering off the ground.
  21060.  
  21061. "GO!" shouted Harry.
  21062.  
  21063. Draco turned and fled headlong into the woods,with the
  21064. branches whipping at his face. Behind him, Draco heard another
  21065. terrible hiss, and Harry's voice rising, crying something that
  21066. Draco couldn't make out from the distance; Draco turned his head
  21067. for only an instant to look back, and in that moment ran into
  21068. something, hitting his head HARD, and blacked out.
  21069.  
  21070. see
  21071.  
  21072. Side effects?
  21073.  
  21074. DEATH?
  21075.  
  21076. something
  21077.  
  21078. "Diffindo!
  21079.  
  21080. "Diffindo!"
  21081.  
  21082. "Diffindo!
  21083.  
  21084.  
  21085. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21086. CHAPTER 101 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/101
  21087. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21088.  
  21089. innocence.
  21090.  
  21091. project
  21092.  
  21093. you
  21094.  
  21095. I
  21096.  
  21097. killed
  21098.  
  21099. kill
  21100.  
  21101. STOP, DON'T -
  21102.  
  21103. kill
  21104.  
  21105. What does it mean when a member of a race of magical
  21106. creatures known for Divination gives you a lecture on people who
  21107. are ignorant of consequences, apologizes, and then tries to stab
  21108. you with a spear?
  21109.  
  21110.  
  21111. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21112. CHAPTER 102 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/102
  21113. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21114.  
  21115. June 3rd, 1992.
  21116.  
  21117. except
  21118.  
  21119. This is the true Enemy.
  21120.  
  21121. This is the true Enemy I have to face,
  21122.  
  21123. Everything else is just shadows and
  21124. distraction.
  21125.  
  21126. Born to those who have thrice defied him
  21127.  
  21128. This alone is the true Enemy,
  21129.  
  21130. After
  21131. this will come Professor McGonagall, Mum and Dad, even Neville in
  21132. his time, unless the wound in the world can be healed before
  21133. then.
  21134.  
  21135. Thinking Physics
  21136.  
  21137. had
  21138.  
  21139. That magic gives their existence a weight of meaning which
  21140. no mere animal could possess... to slay something innocent to save
  21141. oneself, that is a very grave sin.
  21142.  
  21143. You already calculated the expected utilities, if it works,
  21144. if it goes wrong. You assigned probabilities, you multiplied, and
  21145. then you threw out the answer and went with your new gut feeling,
  21146. which was the same. So say it.
  21147.  
  21148. Sspeak on,"
  21149.  
  21150. there iss a ritual, I heard of from the
  21151. sschoolmasster, by which he thinkss the Dark Lord might have lived
  21152. on. It iss called -"
  21153.  
  21154. Horcrux. It
  21155. requiress a death, I have heard. But if you are dying in any casse,
  21156. you might try to adapt the ritual, even at great rissk for the new
  21157. sspell, sso that it can be done with a different ssacrifice. It
  21158. would change the whole world, if you ssucceed - though I don't know
  21159. anything about the sspell - the sschoolmasster thought it tore off
  21160. a piece of ssoul, though I don't ssee how that could be true
  21161. -"
  21162.  
  21163. You tell me of that sspell? Me? You musst learn
  21164. more caution in the future, boy. But it matterss not. I learned of
  21165. the horcrux sspell ssince long ago. It iss meaninglesss."
  21166.  
  21167. Would be pointlesss sspell from beginning, if ssoulss
  21168. exissted.
  21169.  
  21170. Tear piece of ssoul? That iss lie. Missdirection
  21171. to hide true ssecret. Only one who doess not believe in common
  21172. liess will reasson further, ssee beneath obsscuration, realisse how
  21173. to casst sspell. Required murder iss not ssacrificial ritual at
  21174. all. Ssudden death ssometimes makess ghosst, if magic burssts and
  21175. imprintss on nearby thing. Horcrux sspell channelss death-bursst
  21176. through casster, createss your own ghosst insstead of victim'ss,
  21177. imprintss ghosst in sspecial device. Ssecond victim pickss up
  21178. horcrux device, device imprintss your memoriess into them. But only
  21179. memoriess from time horcrux device wass made. You ssee
  21180. flaw?"
  21181.  
  21182. No
  21183. continuity of -
  21184.  
  21185. sself, you would go on thinking after making the horcrux,
  21186. then sself with new memoriess diess and iss not resstored
  21187. -"
  21188.  
  21189. "Yess, you do ssee. Alsso Merlin'ss Interdict preventss
  21190. powerful sspells from passing through ssuch a device, ssince it iss
  21191. not truly alive. Dark Wizardss who think to return thuss are
  21192. weaker, eassily disspatched. None have perssissted long by ssuch
  21193. meanss. Perssonalitiess change, mix with victim'ss. Death iss not
  21194. truly gainssaid. Real sself is losst, as you ssay. Not to my
  21195. pressent tasste. Admit I conssidered it, long ago."
  21196.  
  21197. look at
  21198. me.
  21199.  
  21200. thin,
  21201.  
  21202. I learned how the Killing Cursse workss. Requiress true
  21203. hate to casst, not much hate, but musst want target dead, they
  21204. ssay. In prisson with life-eaterss, you casst Killing Cursse at
  21205. guard - ssaid you did not want him dead - wass that lie? Here, now,
  21206. at thiss disstance - you may sspeak truth - even if you fear it
  21207. reflectss poorly on you - it sshould not matter now, teacher. I
  21208. wissh to know. Musst know. Will not abandon you, either
  21209. way."
  21210.  
  21211. A second level to the Avada Kedavra spell, just like with
  21212. the Patronus Charm...
  21213.  
  21214. I did not
  21215. wissh guard dead, after all. Casst Killing Cursse, but not with
  21216. hate.
  21217.  
  21218. Oh, it was just the setup for a subquest,
  21219.  
  21220. "The Philossopher'ss Sstone,
  21221.  
  21222. "I read of it in a book,"
  21223.  
  21224. "Concluded
  21225. it wass obviouss myth. No reason why ssame device would provide
  21226. immortality and endlesss gold. Not unlesss ssomeone wass jusst
  21227. inventing happy sstoriess. Not to mention, every ssane persson
  21228. sshould have been ressearching wayss to make more Sstoness, or
  21229. kidnapping maker to produce. Thought of you sspecifically,
  21230. teacher."
  21231.  
  21232. "Reassoning iss wisse, but not
  21233. wisse enough. Like with horcrux sspell, abssurdity hidess true
  21234. ssecret. True Sstone iss not what that legend ssayss. True power
  21235. iss not what sstoriess claim. Sstone's ssuppossed maker wass not
  21236. one who made it. One who holdss it now, wass not born to name now
  21237. ussed. Yet Sstone iss powerful healing device in truth. Have you
  21238. heard it sspoken of?"
  21239.  
  21240. "Jusst in the book.
  21241.  
  21242. "One who holdss Sstone iss repossitory of much lore. Taught
  21243. sschoolmasster many ssecretss. Sschoolmasster hass ssaid nothing of
  21244. Sstone'ss holder, nothing of Sstone? No hintss?"
  21245.  
  21246. "Not that I can eassily recall,
  21247.  
  21248. "Ah,"
  21249.  
  21250. "Ah, well."
  21251.  
  21252. "Could assk sschoolmasster -"
  21253.  
  21254. "No! Do not assk him, boy. He would not take quesstion
  21255. well."
  21256.  
  21257. "But if the Sstone only healss -"
  21258.  
  21259. "Sschoolmasster doess not believe that, would not believe
  21260. that. Too many have ssought Sstone, or ssought holder's lore. Do
  21261. not assk. Musst not assk. Do not try to obtain Sstone yoursself. I
  21262. forbid."
  21263.  
  21264. he
  21265.  
  21266. care,
  21267.  
  21268. There is a second level to the Killing Curse.
  21269.  
  21270. said
  21271.  
  21272. said
  21273.  
  21274. What is deadlier than hate, and flows without
  21275. limit?
  21276.  
  21277.  
  21278. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21279. CHAPTER 103 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/103
  21280. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21281.  
  21282. June 4th, 1992.
  21283.  
  21284. being
  21285.  
  21286. ,
  21287.  
  21288. Malfoys
  21289.  
  21290. Greengrasses
  21291.  
  21292. you
  21293.  
  21294. two weeks?
  21295.  
  21296. observed
  21297.  
  21298. strange things
  21299. to their minds
  21300.  
  21301. Aurors
  21302.  
  21303. We're doomed!
  21304.  
  21305. It's Professor Quirrell!
  21306.  
  21307. He's gotten a little better suddenly and he's going to
  21308. summon the first-years for our Defense final! By surprise! In fifty
  21309. minutes!
  21310.  
  21311. Ministry
  21312.  
  21313. murder
  21314.  
  21315. Why is it important for children to stay away from
  21316. strange creatures?
  21317.  
  21318. Because my Stunning Hex, my Most Ancient
  21319. Blade, and my Patronus Charm won't work against
  21320. everything.
  21321.  
  21322. correctly,
  21323.  
  21324. Tell
  21325. your parents.
  21326.  
  21327. Dear Ministry grader: I'm afraid the real answer to that is
  21328. a secret, but rest assured that a Bogeysnake would present no more
  21329. trouble to me than a mountain troll, a Dementor, or You-Know-Who.
  21330. Please inform your superiors that I find your standard answer
  21331. prejudicial to Muggleborns, and that I expect this failing will be
  21332. corrected at once without any need for my direct
  21333. intervention.
  21334.  
  21335. Sincerely, the Boy-Who-Lived.
  21336.  
  21337. Continuing to fight
  21338.  
  21339. EE+,
  21340.  
  21341. thank you
  21342.  
  21343.  
  21344. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21345. CHAPTER 104 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/104
  21346. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21347.  
  21348. June 13th, 1992.
  21349.  
  21350. rest
  21351.  
  21352. die
  21353.  
  21354. staying out of trouble.
  21355.  
  21356. generosity
  21357.  
  21358. somewhere
  21359.  
  21360. was
  21361.  
  21362. Those bastards!"
  21363.  
  21364. steal the Cup from us!
  21365.  
  21366. "Not the Quidditch Cup! The House Cup!"
  21367.  
  21368. all
  21369.  
  21370. me,
  21371.  
  21372. wrong
  21373.  
  21374. Beware the constellation,<br />
  21375. and help the watcher of stars.
  21376.  
  21377. Pass unseen by the life-eaters'
  21378. confederates,<br />
  21379. and by the wise and the well-meaning.
  21380.  
  21381. Six, and seven in a square,<br />
  21382. in the place that is prohibited and bloody stupid.
  21383.  
  21384. stupid.
  21385.  
  21386. anyone
  21387.  
  21388. told
  21389.  
  21390. Later, and earlier:
  21391.  
  21392. Don't give it away,
  21393. just as a favor to me, sincerely Headmaster Dumbledore
  21394.  
  21395. Alohomora,
  21396.  
  21397. six, and seven in a square.
  21398.  
  21399. you
  21400.  
  21401. dared?
  21402.  
  21403. Help the watcher of stars -
  21404.  
  21405. kicked
  21406.  
  21407. buried.
  21408.  
  21409. What
  21410.  
  21411. Potter?
  21412.  
  21413. escort,
  21414.  
  21415. Nullus confundio!"
  21416.  
  21417. Polyfluis
  21418.  
  21419. Metamorphus;
  21420.  
  21421. myself
  21422.  
  21423. time
  21424.  
  21425. Muffliato,
  21426.  
  21427. he
  21428.  
  21429. disturbance
  21430.  
  21431. Where,
  21432.  
  21433. escorts,
  21434.  
  21435. you
  21436.  
  21437. I... maybe?
  21438.  
  21439. why have
  21440. the Aurors not been notified?
  21441.  
  21442. reasons!
  21443.  
  21444. Dumbledore's
  21445.  
  21446. You wouldn't dare!
  21447.  
  21448. What?
  21449.  
  21450. believe
  21451.  
  21452. got
  21453.  
  21454. What?
  21455.  
  21456. have
  21457.  
  21458. immediately.
  21459.  
  21460. six years
  21461.  
  21462. "Bones is a double witch?"
  21463.  
  21464. actually
  21465.  
  21466. you
  21467.  
  21468. insisted
  21469.  
  21470. What in Merlin's name is going on here?"
  21471.  
  21472. "I don't even know what this looks
  21473. like!
  21474.  
  21475. right now!
  21476.  
  21477. Distraction.
  21478.  
  21479. what was
  21480. really going on
  21481.  
  21482. arranged
  21483.  
  21484. not
  21485.  
  21486. my
  21487.  
  21488. That
  21489.  
  21490. What?
  21491.  
  21492. What was happening, why?
  21493.  
  21494. What.
  21495.  
  21496. Homenum Revelio!
  21497.  
  21498. beware the constellation<br />
  21499.  
  21500. "Duck!"
  21501.  
  21502. Somnium Somnium
  21503. Somnium Somnium Somnium Somnium.
  21504.  
  21505. Stupefy!
  21506.  
  21507. that
  21508.  
  21509. really really
  21510.  
  21511. did not know what was going on.
  21512.  
  21513. Philosopher's
  21514.  
  21515. right?
  21516.  
  21517. solve
  21518. it
  21519.  
  21520. Again.
  21521.  
  21522. One more minute can't make the difference he's had the WHOLE
  21523. YEAR to be sick it's IMPROBABLE that his life versus death would be
  21524. precisely timed to rest on this last minute no matter what happened
  21525. to Hermione -
  21526.  
  21527. know!
  21528.  
  21529. quickly!
  21530.  
  21531. run with them -
  21532.  
  21533. what do I notice I am confused by -
  21534.  
  21535. - the first place to look for a problem is whatever aspect
  21536. of the situation seems most improbable -
  21537.  
  21538. - simple explanations are more probable, eliminate separate
  21539. improbabilities that must be postulated -
  21540.  
  21541. synchronously
  21542.  
  21543. improbable
  21544.  
  21545. had
  21546.  
  21547. disturbance
  21548.  
  21549. explain
  21550.  
  21551. run with the
  21552. hypothesis,
  21553.  
  21554. really
  21555.  
  21556. run with the hypothesis
  21557.  
  21558. why had Dumbledore put the mirror into a corridor
  21559. first-years could get through no ignore this question it's not
  21560. important right now
  21561.  
  21562. all
  21563.  
  21564. The note I sent myself said to help the watcher of stars. I
  21565. wouldn't send myself a note saying that, if I hadn't already worked
  21566. out in the future that it was the right thing to do - maybe the
  21567. note is just telling me to get on with it -
  21568.  
  21569. not
  21570.  
  21571. watching him
  21572.  
  21573. Ch. 105 will post on
  21574. <strong>February 16th, 2015</strong> at <strong>5PM Pacific
  21575. Time</strong>.
  21576.  
  21577. There are no author's notes for
  21578. Ch. 104.
  21579.  
  21580.  
  21581. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21582. CHAPTER 105 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/105
  21583. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21584.  
  21585. Tom Riddle.
  21586.  
  21587. Tom Riddle is a
  21588.  
  21589. Tom Riddle was the
  21590.  
  21591. Riddle
  21592.  
  21593. thinking.
  21594.  
  21595. am
  21596.  
  21597. Now
  21598.  
  21599. Why, Professor Quirrell, why, why did it
  21600. have to turn out like this, I don't, I don't, I don't want this to
  21601. be happening...
  21602.  
  21603. I should have spoken just then, before he might've ripped
  21604. off Tracey's legs, no, I shouldn't have, the Headmaster said I
  21605. mustn't show Lord Voldemort that I'll do things if he threatens my
  21606. friends because that will just make him threaten more of them -
  21607. only what he said before isn't a
  21608.  
  21609. it's just the sort
  21610. of thing Lord Voldemort
  21611.  
  21612. could not afford to stay in shock.
  21613.  
  21614. believed
  21615.  
  21616. Ssnakes can't lie
  21617.  
  21618. Two pluss two equalss
  21619. four.
  21620.  
  21621. four
  21622.  
  21623. Come with me, promisse your besst aid in getting Sstone,
  21624. and I sshall leave thesse children behind unharmed. Hosstagess are
  21625. real, hundredss of sstudentss die tonight unlesss I sstop eventss
  21626. already sset in motion. Will sspare hosstagess if I obtain Sstone
  21627. ssuccessfully.
  21628.  
  21629. I cannot
  21630. be truly sslain by any means known to me, and lossing Sstone will
  21631. not sstop me from returning, nor sspare you or yourss my
  21632. wrath.
  21633.  
  21634. nothing
  21635.  
  21636. Help me obtain Sstone of Transsfiguration, and I sshall try my
  21637. hardesst to ressurrect your girl-child friend to true and lassting
  21638. life. That ssaid, boy, I am sswiftly running out of patience with
  21639. you, and you sshall not like what comess next.
  21640.  
  21641. desperately
  21642.  
  21643. wanted
  21644.  
  21645. I really think we could have thought of something better to
  21646. ask for than that,
  21647.  
  21648. But I
  21649. suppose we were legitimately out of time, and whatever we need to
  21650. do next, answers will help.
  21651.  
  21652. "Agreed,
  21653.  
  21654. Help me, and
  21655. you sshall have ansswerss to your quesstions, sso long ass they are
  21656. about passt eventss, and not my planss for the future. I do not
  21657. intend to raisse my hand or magic againsst you in future, sso long
  21658. ass you do not raisse your hand or magic againsst me. Sshall kill
  21659. none within sschool groundss for a week, unlesss I musst. Now
  21660. promisse that you will not attempt to warn againsst me or esscape.
  21661. Promisse to put forth your own besst efforts toward helping me to
  21662. obtain the Sstone. And your girl-child friend sshall be revived by
  21663. me, to true life and health; nor sshall me or mine ever sseek to
  21664. harm her.
  21665.  
  21666. Promisse, boy, and the
  21667. bargain will be sstruck."
  21668.  
  21669. WHAT?
  21670.  
  21671. Um, he's still pointing a gun at us,
  21672.  
  21673. We don't actually have a choice, we're just getting
  21674. as much mileage out of this as possible.
  21675.  
  21676. You bastard,
  21677.  
  21678. Do you think this is
  21679. what Hermione would have wanted? This is Lord Voldemort we're
  21680. talking about, do we even know how many people he's killed, and
  21681. will kill?
  21682.  
  21683. I deny that we are compromising with Lord Voldemort for
  21684. Hermione's sake,
  21685.  
  21686. Since there is, in fact,
  21687. a gun and we can't otherwise stop him. Also, Mum and Dad would want
  21688. us to just go along and stay safe.
  21689.  
  21690. I sshall help you obtain the Sstone... I cannot promisse I
  21691. will usse my besst efforts, my heart will not be in it, I fear. I
  21692. intend to try. Sshall not do anything I think will annoy you to no
  21693. good end. Sshall call no help if I expect them to be killed by you
  21694. or for hosstagess to die. I'm ssorry, teacher, but it iss besst I
  21695. can do."
  21696.  
  21697. I have plan to sstop even sschoolmasster, if he
  21698. appearss before uss.
  21699.  
  21700. The
  21701. bargain is sstruck.
  21702.  
  21703. "Alienis nervus mobile lignum."
  21704.  
  21705. Alohomora,
  21706.  
  21707. wrong thing
  21708. to do
  21709.  
  21710. The next (short) chapter will
  21711. post on <strong>February 17th, 2015</strong> at <strong>5pm Pacific
  21712. Time</strong>.
  21713.  
  21714.  
  21715. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21716. CHAPTER 106 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/106
  21717. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21718.  
  21719. "That's not safe even by wizard standards!"
  21720.  
  21721. Avada Kedavra.
  21722.  
  21723. assumed
  21724.  
  21725. alarm
  21726.  
  21727. Wass sseriouss,
  21728.  
  21729. Would have done ssame if came by mysself.
  21730.  
  21731. your
  21732. approach to dealing with obstacles has certain drawbacks,
  21733.  
  21734. "Inferius"
  21735.  
  21736. STOP, DON'T
  21737.  
  21738. back
  21739.  
  21740. how
  21741.  
  21742. decision,
  21743.  
  21744. and
  21745.  
  21746. The next chapter (107) will post
  21747. on <strong>February 18th, 2015</strong> at <strong>*2PM* Pacific
  21748. Time.</strong>
  21749.  
  21750.  
  21751. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21752. CHAPTER 107 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/107
  21753. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21754.  
  21755. not
  21756.  
  21757. Roles, masks, remind him of how it was between us...
  21758.  
  21759. Inflammare
  21760.  
  21761. smart
  21762.  
  21763. not
  21764.  
  21765. hadn't
  21766.  
  21767. something
  21768.  
  21769. "Have not betrayed you yet,
  21770.  
  21771. give the
  21772. key wings
  21773.  
  21774. leave a broomstick propped against the
  21775. wall.
  21776.  
  21777. It wasn't a game to him, Professor.
  21778.  
  21779. Wingardium Leviosa
  21780.  
  21781. Thirteen and a half inches, yew, with a core of phoenix
  21782. feather.
  21783.  
  21784. twisted,
  21785.  
  21786. wrong
  21787.  
  21788. Arranged by Dumbledore for first-years,
  21789.  
  21790. it WILL be safe,
  21791.  
  21792. ,
  21793.  
  21794. killed
  21795.  
  21796. .
  21797.  
  21798. distinguishing
  21799.  
  21800. differently
  21801.  
  21802. good
  21803.  
  21804. bad
  21805.  
  21806. longest
  21807.  
  21808. potion of effulgence,
  21809.  
  21810. not
  21811.  
  21812. thirty-five
  21813.  
  21814. except
  21815.  
  21816. invited
  21817.  
  21818. not
  21819.  
  21820. bones?
  21821.  
  21822. wrong
  21823.  
  21824. not
  21825.  
  21826. expect
  21827.  
  21828. would
  21829.  
  21830. "Yess,
  21831.  
  21832. Do not ssensse life-eaterss.
  21833.  
  21834. Wass honesst. Not trick.
  21835.  
  21836. Don't know,
  21837.  
  21838. Life-eaterss cannot desstroy me, I think,
  21839.  
  21840. And I will ssimply abandon thiss body if
  21841. they approach too closse. Sshall return sswiftly thiss time, and
  21842. then there will be no sstopping me. Will torture your parentss for
  21843. yearss, to punissh you for balking me. Hundredss of hosstage
  21844. sstudentss die, including thosse you call friendss. Now I assk
  21845. again. Will you usse power over life-eaterss to protect me, if
  21846. life-eaterss come?
  21847.  
  21848. Yess,
  21849.  
  21850. Why, Professor
  21851. Quirrell, why are you like this...
  21852.  
  21853. Have not betrayed you yet.
  21854.  
  21855. Ch. 108 (long) will post on
  21856.  
  21857. <strong>February 20th, 2015</strong>
  21858.  
  21859. at
  21860. <strong>1</strong>
  21861.  
  21862. <strong>pm Pacific Time</strong>
  21863.  
  21864. (9pm UTC).
  21865.  
  21866. Those of you who have outstanding
  21867. disputes regarding the Defense Professor's secrets should bet now,
  21868. or forever hold your peace.
  21869.  
  21870.  
  21871. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21872. CHAPTER 108 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/108
  21873. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  21874.  
  21875. Why, Professor Quirrell, why, why must you be this way, why
  21876. make yourself the monster, why Lord Voldemort, I know you might not
  21877. want the same things I do, but I can't imagine what you want that
  21878. makes
  21879.  
  21880. the best way to get it...
  21881.  
  21882. needed
  21883.  
  21884. anything,
  21885.  
  21886. quite
  21887.  
  21888. Goals: Prevent Lord Voldemort from harming people, find a
  21889. way to kill or neutralise him, but first get the Stone and
  21890. resurrect Hermione...
  21891.  
  21892. ...convince Professor Quirrell to STOP THIS...
  21893.  
  21894. So we just ask about whatever seems most interesting?
  21895.  
  21896. I'm up for that.
  21897.  
  21898. Shut up,
  21899.  
  21900. Why was that night different
  21901. from all other nights...
  21902.  
  21903. better
  21904.  
  21905. Perhaps you will be told when you
  21906. are older...
  21907.  
  21908. know.
  21909.  
  21910. Your guesss iss
  21911. right, boy, for all the good it doess you.
  21912.  
  21913. hadn't
  21914.  
  21915. Something of a riddle,
  21916.  
  21917. which
  21918.  
  21919. Tell me, teacher,
  21920.  
  21921. would
  21922. desstroying thosse five anchors sslay you?
  21923.  
  21924. Why do you assk?
  21925.  
  21926. Do you ssusspect that ansswer is no?
  21927.  
  21928. "Your ssusspicion iss right, boy. Desstroying thosse five
  21929. would not render me mortal.
  21930.  
  21931. How many anchorss did
  21932. you make?
  21933.  
  21934. Would not ordinarily ssay, but iss clear you have already
  21935. guesssed."
  21936.  
  21937. "Ansswer
  21938. iss that I do not know. Sstopped counting ssomewhere around one
  21939. hundred and sseven. Ssimply made a habit of it each time I murdered
  21940. ssomeone in private.
  21941.  
  21942. one hundred
  21943.  
  21944. Why?
  21945.  
  21946. "Great creation maintainss life and magic within devicess
  21947. created by ssacrificing life and magic of otherss.
  21948.  
  21949. Liked falsse desscription of
  21950. previousss horcrux sspell sso much, sso dissappointed when
  21951. realissed truth of it, thoughtss of improved verssion came out in
  21952. that sshape."
  21953.  
  21954. but there had to be a reason,
  21955.  
  21956. Yess. I sshall return sswiftly, if thiss body iss killed.
  21957. Will be greatly annoyed, and vengeful.
  21958.  
  21959. why
  21960.  
  21961. Why
  21962.  
  21963. clever idea
  21964.  
  21965. either
  21966.  
  21967. That
  21968.  
  21969. this would not be a
  21970. good time to laugh.
  21971.  
  21972. know you're thinking
  21973. it,
  21974.  
  21975. go on thinking it
  21976.  
  21977. go
  21978. on knowing that
  21979.  
  21980. Yes thank you Mr. Potter that thought occurred to me
  21981. several times over the next nine years.
  21982.  
  21983. not
  21984.  
  21985. Yes,
  21986.  
  21987. every possible point of intervention
  21988.  
  21989. because it has not occurred to them that
  21990. Lord Voldemort would ever use any other spell.
  21991.  
  21992. You
  21993.  
  21994. And all thiss that I have jusst said iss the truth.
  21995.  
  21996. succeeding.
  21997.  
  21998. nonhomicidal
  21999.  
  22000. stop killing people all the
  22001. time.
  22002.  
  22003. mostly
  22004.  
  22005. that
  22006. long
  22007.  
  22008. potion of effulgence,
  22009.  
  22010. angry,
  22011.  
  22012. You're
  22013.  
  22014. ad hominem tu
  22015. quoque.
  22016.  
  22017. None of it iss known to me to be falsse,
  22018.  
  22019. The bassicss sshould be mosstly correct, I
  22020. think.
  22021.  
  22022. .
  22023.  
  22024. We are very much alike, the Defense Professor and I, in some
  22025. ways if not others. If I imagine what I'd do, given his
  22026. problem...
  22027.  
  22028. believing
  22029.  
  22030. objectively
  22031.  
  22032. frame
  22033.  
  22034. send her to Azkaban
  22035.  
  22036. why?
  22037.  
  22038. lose
  22039.  
  22040. lose
  22041.  
  22042. folly,
  22043.  
  22044. needed
  22045.  
  22046. must
  22047.  
  22048. exactly
  22049.  
  22050. tenth
  22051.  
  22052. Still
  22053.  
  22054. would not
  22055.  
  22056. You
  22057.  
  22058. worked.
  22059.  
  22060. why?
  22061.  
  22062. expected
  22063.  
  22064. Earth
  22065.  
  22066. Showed my name and yours correctly -
  22067.  
  22068. "Sshow our ssurroundingss
  22069.  
  22070. Tom M. Riddle.
  22071.  
  22072. Tom M. Riddle.
  22073.  
  22074. Did you tamper with thiss map to achieve thiss
  22075. ressult, or did it appear before you by ssurprisse?"
  22076.  
  22077. "Wass ssurprisse,
  22078.  
  22079. No trickss.
  22080.  
  22081. Not sso far ass I know,
  22082.  
  22083. Potionss-maker had to work in ssecret
  22084. because hiss plot oppossed sschoolmasster's plot.
  22085.  
  22086. Head of
  22087. House Slytherin?
  22088.  
  22089. exactly
  22090.  
  22091. flexibility
  22092.  
  22093. I am sspeaking
  22094. truth.
  22095.  
  22096. noticing
  22097.  
  22098. servants
  22099.  
  22100. days
  22101.  
  22102. Ssent her to a peaceful place to recover sstrength
  22103.  
  22104. Wass no
  22105. malice in it, only hopess that you would recover ssome of your true
  22106. memoriess.
  22107.  
  22108. Alsso no malice there.
  22109.  
  22110. Think that iss all ssecret plotss
  22111. concerning you from thiss sschool-year, unless I have forgotten
  22112. ssomething.
  22113.  
  22114. Life lesson learned,
  22115.  
  22116. Try to
  22117. resist the temptation to randomly meddle in other people's lives.
  22118. Like, you know, Padma Patil's life. If you don't want to end up
  22119. like this, that is.
  22120.  
  22121. point
  22122.  
  22123. entire thing?
  22124.  
  22125. Why, why, why Lord Voldemort...
  22126.  
  22127. Voldemort?
  22128.  
  22129. thud
  22130.  
  22131. planned,
  22132.  
  22133. lose
  22134.  
  22135. understood,
  22136.  
  22137. quite
  22138.  
  22139. quite
  22140.  
  22141. no
  22142.  
  22143. possible
  22144.  
  22145. outnumbered
  22146.  
  22147. seven months
  22148.  
  22149. alone.
  22150.  
  22151. obey
  22152. him
  22153.  
  22154. do not argue.
  22155.  
  22156. Avadakedavra
  22157.  
  22158. save his
  22159. life
  22160.  
  22161. tore
  22162.  
  22163. wanted to
  22164. understand.
  22165.  
  22166. You
  22167.  
  22168. unthreatening.
  22169.  
  22170. Daily
  22171. Prophet,
  22172.  
  22173. a hero
  22174. out of stories,
  22175.  
  22176. lot
  22177.  
  22178. slave
  22179.  
  22180. Lord of
  22181. the Rings
  22182.  
  22183. true
  22184.  
  22185. safe
  22186.  
  22187. not to think of it,
  22188.  
  22189. seen
  22190.  
  22191. knew
  22192.  
  22193. had
  22194.  
  22195. wouldn't
  22196.  
  22197. potion of effulgence
  22198.  
  22199. given
  22200.  
  22201. potion of
  22202. effulgence,
  22203.  
  22204. Not valuess difference. True misstake, given your goalss.
  22205. Will you hurt me, if I act the part of the teacher toward you, and
  22206. teach lessson? Or if misstake is ssimple and obviousss, and makess
  22207. you feel sstupid?"
  22208.  
  22209. No,
  22210.  
  22211. Not if lessson
  22212. iss true.
  22213.  
  22214. test it?
  22215.  
  22216. die,
  22217.  
  22218. There wass way for
  22219. you to tesst your horcrux ssysstem without dying.
  22220.  
  22221. meaning,
  22222.  
  22223. with
  22224.  
  22225. the things you want to
  22226. do,
  22227.  
  22228. more
  22229. effective
  22230.  
  22231. not being nice.
  22232.  
  22233. really
  22234.  
  22235. why?
  22236.  
  22237. doesn't even make
  22238. you happy?
  22239.  
  22240. you
  22241.  
  22242. I know
  22243.  
  22244. know
  22245.  
  22246. stay here
  22247.  
  22248. be Professor Quirrell,
  22249.  
  22250. would
  22251.  
  22252. him
  22253.  
  22254. Seconded,
  22255.  
  22256. Seriously,
  22257. what the hell?
  22258.  
  22259. Why not?
  22260.  
  22261. something
  22262.  
  22263. had to be something
  22264.  
  22265. you
  22266.  
  22267.  
  22268. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22269. CHAPTER 109 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/109
  22270. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22271.  
  22272. Even the greatest artifact can be defeated by a
  22273. counter-artifact that is lesser, but specialized.
  22274.  
  22275. The Mirror of Perfect Reflection has power over what is
  22276. reflected within it, and that power is said to be unchallengeable.
  22277. But since the True Cloak of Invisibility produces a perfect absence
  22278. of image, it should evade this principle rather than challenging
  22279. it.
  22280.  
  22281. Iss there,
  22282.  
  22283. Not
  22284. moving.
  22285.  
  22286. itself
  22287.  
  22288. do,
  22289.  
  22290. Iss not dangerouss.
  22291.  
  22292. noitilov detalo partxe tnere hoc ruoy tu
  22293. becafruoy ton wo hsi -
  22294.  
  22295. meant
  22296.  
  22297. "Do you undersstand what wordss mean, boy?"
  22298.  
  22299. "Don't think sso."
  22300.  
  22301. Really, Ravenclaw?
  22302.  
  22303. You're pulling
  22304. this
  22305.  
  22306. NOW?
  22307.  
  22308. more
  22309.  
  22310. Jeepers
  22311.  
  22312. So You Want To Be
  22313. A Wizard,
  22314.  
  22315. you
  22316.  
  22317. first
  22318.  
  22319. Alohomora.
  22320.  
  22321. see,
  22322.  
  22323. possibly
  22324.  
  22325. I promisse that whatever pawn I ssend
  22326. forth sshall not be harmed by me, then or ever; nor do I expect to
  22327. break that promisse
  22328.  
  22329. Iss it truth or trickery that I hear?
  22330.  
  22331. Am being honesst,
  22332.  
  22333. thinks
  22334.  
  22335. in death,
  22336.  
  22337. cannot
  22338.  
  22339. sufficient
  22340.  
  22341. sufficient.
  22342.  
  22343. see.
  22344.  
  22345. myself,
  22346.  
  22347. My mind that you assked to devisse sstrategy may perhapss
  22348. have been influenced by ssuch an intent - who knowss? Knew you
  22349. would be ssusspiciouss, assk thiss very question. Decission is up
  22350. to you, teacher. I know nothing you do not know, about whether
  22351. thiss iss likely to trap you. Do not call it betrayal by me if you
  22352. choosse thiss for yoursself, and it failss.
  22353.  
  22354. was
  22355.  
  22356. sstop the man who sshall believe himsself to be
  22357. sschoolmasster from sseeing you,
  22358.  
  22359. will not
  22360.  
  22361. Thiss barrier will
  22362. explode if touched, by you or other material thing.
  22363.  
  22364. anything
  22365.  
  22366. Confundus.
  22367.  
  22368. not
  22369.  
  22370. Dumbledore's image of Aberforth
  22371.  
  22372. can
  22373.  
  22374. Is that what the Stone should look like? Does Professor
  22375. Quirrell know what the true Stone should look like? Will the Mirror
  22376. give back the real Stone under these conditions, or make an
  22377. imitation and return that?
  22378.  
  22379. Imperfect
  22380.  
  22381. wasn't
  22382. standing up to Riddle-Ariana's arguments...
  22383.  
  22384. Ch. 110 will post on
  22385. <strong>February 24th, 2015</strong> at <strong>12PM Pacific / 8PM
  22386. UTC</strong>.
  22387.  
  22388.  
  22389. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22390. CHAPTER 110 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/110
  22391. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22392.  
  22393. is
  22394.  
  22395. also
  22396.  
  22397. Distraction?
  22398.  
  22399. You killed Master Flamel for a
  22400. distraction?
  22401.  
  22402. How could you? Even you, how could you? He was the library
  22403. of all our lore! Secrets you have forever lost to
  22404. wizardry!
  22405.  
  22406. immortality!
  22407.  
  22408. you
  22409.  
  22410. presence
  22411.  
  22412. fool!
  22413.  
  22414. fool!
  22415.  
  22416. What are you doing
  22417. here?
  22418.  
  22419. NO!
  22420.  
  22421. The next update will be on
  22422.  
  22423. <strong>February 25th</strong>
  22424.  
  22425. , 2015 at
  22426.  
  22427. <strong>10:30am Pacific / 6:30pm
  22428. UTC</strong>
  22429.  
  22430. .
  22431.  
  22432. This will be followed by another
  22433. update on the same day at
  22434.  
  22435. <strong>1pm Pacific / 9:00pm
  22436. UTC.</strong>
  22437.  
  22438. I have some inter-city traveling
  22439. to do tomorrow,
  22440.  
  22441. involving a train (hence the weird
  22442. schedule).
  22443.  
  22444. Please do not panic if either update is late.
  22445.  
  22446.  
  22447. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22448. CHAPTER 111 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/111
  22449. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22450.  
  22451. you have helped me, yess
  22452. indeed, and so it iss time to ressurrect your girl-child friend. To
  22453. keep promisse.
  22454.  
  22455. "Hyakuju montauk"
  22456.  
  22457. Yess. Sstop worrying. Will do on our way out.
  22458.  
  22459. Open.
  22460.  
  22461. "Open,"
  22462.  
  22463. Seriously,
  22464.  
  22465. this would be a good time to think of
  22466. something, something that the Dark Lord has not already thought of,
  22467. something we can do without our pouch or our wand or our
  22468. Time-Turner, something that Professor Quirrell has not imagined we
  22469. can do... think, think, pretty pretty please think of something?
  22470. Don't shut down now, even if you're scared, even if we've never
  22471. really really faced death before in the sense of being about to die
  22472. in the next hour, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO SHUT DOWN -
  22473.  
  22474. Suppose,
  22475.  
  22476. suppose we
  22477. try to condition on the fact that we win this, or at least get out
  22478. of this alive. If someone TOLD YOU AS A FACT that you had survived,
  22479. or even won, somehow made everything turn out okay, what would you
  22480. think had happened -
  22481.  
  22482. Not legitimate procedure,
  22483.  
  22484. the
  22485. universe doesn't work like that, we're just going to die.
  22486.  
  22487. Someone realises we're missing,
  22488.  
  22489. and Mad-Eye Moody shows up with a squad of Aurors and rescues
  22490. us. I think the time has come to admit we're not more competent
  22491. than the standard authorities.
  22492.  
  22493. The saving factor does have to be something we
  22494.  
  22495. somehow,
  22496.  
  22497. Otherwise there's no
  22498. point in our thinking about it.
  22499.  
  22500. Problem two,
  22501.  
  22502. Harry Potter isn't
  22503. missing, he's right there at the Quidditch match where everyone can
  22504. see him. Professor Quirrell thought of that too, it's part of why
  22505. he sent that fake note. Problem three. I don't think Mad-Eye Moody
  22506. and an Auror squad can beat the Dark Lord, and certainly not before
  22507. he kills us. I'm not sure the entire DMLE can beat the Dark Lord if
  22508. he's fighting seriously and Dumbledore is gone. Problem four. The
  22509. Quidditch match was not disrupted, that's probably the only reason
  22510. why Professor Quirrell was willing to try something as complicated
  22511. as bringing us along on this trip in the first place.
  22512.  
  22513. Thinking along different lines,
  22514.  
  22515. ,
  22516. maybe Professor Quirrell calls in someone else to Memory-Charm
  22517. us
  22518.  
  22519. Legilimency, Imperius, Confundus, who knows what else,
  22520. we're not a perfect Occlumens. Then the Dark Lord would have a
  22521. smart - well, sort-of smart lieutenant that he could use. That
  22522. could be another reason why Professor Quirrell was so willing to
  22523. tell us secrets, if he knew that the memory would disappear. It's
  22524. also a reason to leave the Hogwarts wards, so the Dark Lord can
  22525. call Bellatrix to Apparate in and do the work...
  22526.  
  22527. This entire reasoning process is illegitimate and I refuse
  22528. to participate,
  22529.  
  22530. What lovely last words,
  22531.  
  22532. Now
  22533. shut up and think.
  22534.  
  22535. What else did the
  22536. Dark Lord always say in human speech and never in Parseltongue? Do
  22537. we remember? Anything like that, anything at all?
  22538.  
  22539. Suppose it doesn't kill us both,
  22540.  
  22541. On Halloween in Godric's Hollow, the Dark Lord's body was
  22542. burned and we only ended up with a scar on our forehead. Suppose
  22543. the resonance between us is deadlier to the Dark Lord than to us.
  22544. What if this entire time we've been able to kill the Dark Lord at
  22545. any time, just by dashing forward and touching our hands to any
  22546. part of his exposed skin? And then it makes our scar bleed again,
  22547. but that's all. The sense of 'stop, don't do that' is inherited
  22548. from the Dark Lord's worst memory of his mistake in Godric's
  22549. Hollow, it may not actually apply to the Boy-Who-Lived.
  22550.  
  22551. The Dark Lord can just throw away his wand,
  22552.  
  22553. Professor Quirrell can turn into his Animagus form.
  22554. Even if he dies the Dark Lord will possess someone else and return,
  22555. and then torture our parents, to punish us.
  22556.  
  22557. We might be able to get to our parents in time,
  22558.  
  22559. We might be able to hide them. We might be able
  22560. to get the Philosopher's Stone away from the Dark Lord if we killed
  22561. his current body now, and that Stone could provide the nucleus of a
  22562. counter-army.
  22563.  
  22564. If we dart forward, he will sense us approaching through the
  22565. resonance,
  22566.  
  22567. He will fly forward rapidly,
  22568. he can do that, he has the broomstick-enchantments that let him
  22569. fly. He will fly forward, turn around, and fire the gun. He knows
  22570. about the resonance, he's thought of this already. This is not
  22571. something the Dark Lord has failed to consider. He will be ready
  22572. for it, and waiting.
  22573.  
  22574. Continuing the same line of argument,
  22575.  
  22576. Suppose we can freely cast magic on Professor Quirrell
  22577. but he can't cast it on us.
  22578.  
  22579. Why would that be true?
  22580.  
  22581. In
  22582. fact, we have evidence that it's false.
  22583.  
  22584. In Azkaban, when
  22585. Professor Quirrell's Avada Kedavra hit our Patronus Charm, it felt
  22586. like our head was splitting apart -
  22587.  
  22588. Suppose that was all
  22589.  
  22590. magic going out of
  22591. control. Suppose if we'd just cast, say, a Luminos targeting him,
  22592. nothing bad would have happened.
  22593.  
  22594. But why?
  22595.  
  22596. Why suppose that?
  22597.  
  22598. Because,
  22599.  
  22600. it explains why Professor
  22601. Quirrell didn't
  22602.  
  22603. not to cast any magic on him in
  22604. Azkaban. Because Professor Quirrell never said in Parseltongue,
  22605. that I can remember, that I'd hurt myself if I tried to cast magic
  22606. on him. He could have given me that warning, but he didn't, even
  22607. though he gave me a lot of other warnings. Absence of evidence is
  22608. weak evidence of absence.
  22609.  
  22610. We don't actually have our wand,
  22611.  
  22612. We might get it back at some point,
  22613.  
  22614. But even then,
  22615.  
  22616. the resonance is something the Dark Lord knows about.
  22617. He's already thought of everything I can do with that, he already
  22618. has a response prepared. That was my mistake from the beginning. I
  22619. didn't respect the Dark Lord's intelligence, I didn't think that
  22620. maybe he knew everything I knew and could see everything I saw and
  22621. had already taken it into account.
  22622.  
  22623. Then,
  22624.  
  22625. conditional on our
  22626. winning, we must have hit him with something he doesn't know
  22627. about.
  22628.  
  22629. Dementors,
  22630.  
  22631. The Dark Lord
  22632.  
  22633. we can destroy, deflect, and
  22634. possibly control Dementors,
  22635.  
  22636. He doesn't
  22637. know how, but he knows we have the capability, and where the heck
  22638. would we get a Dementor anyway?
  22639.  
  22640. the Dark Lord's whole horcrux
  22641. system would short out via the resonance if we grabbed him and held
  22642. him, sacrificing our own life to destroy him forever.
  22643.  
  22644. Bullhockey,
  22645.  
  22646. But I guess it doesn't
  22647. hurt to engage in some pleasant fantasy before we die, no matter
  22648. how stupid.
  22649.  
  22650. If Lord Voldemort had a strong enough fear of death,
  22651.  
  22652. if he
  22653.  
  22654. wanted strongly enough to
  22655. just not need to think about death again, then the horcrux
  22656. system
  22657.  
  22658. have design flaws like that. It never
  22659. occurred to Voldemort to test his horcruxes on someone else, that
  22660. could indicate he wasn't able to think about the subject clearly
  22661. -
  22662.  
  22663. So his fear of death is his fatal weakness?
  22664.  
  22665. Yeah, no. I'm thinking someone with over a hundred
  22666. horcruxes might have a few failsafe mechanisms in there.
  22667.  
  22668. really REALLY
  22669.  
  22670. not
  22671. to tell Dumbledore about the sense of doom that Harry got around
  22672. Professor Quirrell.
  22673.  
  22674. anywhere other than
  22675. here,
  22676.  
  22677. Magicss to revive girl-child eassier with true body.
  22678.  
  22679. Resst
  22680. asssured that though ssome asspects of girl-child'ss ressurrection
  22681. sshall be what otherss conssider Dark, girl-child will not be
  22682. harmed or made ugly by it. Sshall sstill look like hersself, mind
  22683. sshall be her own, nor sshall I or mine harm her after."
  22684.  
  22685. To resstore to you girl-child friend'ss counssel and
  22686. resstraint. To make ssure sshe iss part of the world for you to
  22687. care about. That, boy, iss truly the greater part of the reasson I
  22688. am doing thiss deed.
  22689.  
  22690. that
  22691. wrong
  22692.  
  22693. I do not know what is meant to happen next.
  22694.  
  22695. Apokatastethi, apokatastethi, apokatastethi to soma mou
  22696. emoi.
  22697.  
  22698. Apokatastethi, apokatastethi, apokatastethi to soma mou
  22699. emoi.
  22700.  
  22701. Apokatastethi, apokatastethi, apokatastethi to soma mou emoi
  22702. (emoi).
  22703.  
  22704. Apokatastethi, apokatastethi, apokatastethi to soma mou emoi
  22705. (emoi).
  22706.  
  22707. Fal. Tor. Pan."
  22708.  
  22709. out of focus
  22710.  
  22711. supposed
  22712.  
  22713. malfunctioned
  22714.  
  22715. Stupefy,
  22716.  
  22717. Iss time for me to revive her.
  22718.  
  22719. Is this really going to happen? Are we really going to do
  22720. this?
  22721.  
  22722. Finite
  22723.  
  22724. not
  22725.  
  22726. Finite Incantatem
  22727.  
  22728. Is he really
  22729. going to do this? Really?
  22730.  
  22731. why?
  22732.  
  22733. Apokatastethi, apokatastethi, apokatastethi to soma hou emoi
  22734. (emoi).
  22735.  
  22736. Apokatastethi, apokatastethi, apokatastethi to soma hou emoi
  22737. (emoi).
  22738.  
  22739. There iss an obsstacle,
  22740.  
  22741. What obsstacle?
  22742.  
  22743. Girl'ss body iss resstored. Ssubstance iss repaired. But
  22744. not magic, or life... thiss iss body of dead Muggle."
  22745.  
  22746. She needs a
  22747. spark of life and magic, just a spark to get her
  22748. started...
  22749.  
  22750. Think I have ssomething that might work,
  22751.  
  22752. Needss wand. Have no intentionss to usse it againsst
  22753. you.
  22754.  
  22755. We have our wand back, that's step one,
  22756.  
  22757. She looks like she is sleeping, not dead.
  22758.  
  22759. Because you wish to live, because my best guess is that you
  22760. would wish to live...
  22761.  
  22762. only
  22763.  
  22764. You don't belong here, death.
  22765.  
  22766. "Expecto,
  22767.  
  22768. the magic and the
  22769. life
  22770.  
  22771. PATRONUM!
  22772.  
  22773. dip,
  22774.  
  22775. time
  22776.  
  22777. THAT,
  22778.  
  22779. THAT is
  22780. what I call Step Two.
  22781.  
  22782. There iss more work I intend to do, to give her besst chance of
  22783. continued life.
  22784.  
  22785. Requiescus.
  22786.  
  22787. did not want
  22788.  
  22789. There iss
  22790. old, losst ritual to ssacrifice magical creature, transsfer magical
  22791. nature to ssubject. Limitationss are great. Transsfer iss
  22792. temporary, only few hourss. Ssubject ssometimess diess when
  22793. transsfer wearss off. But Sstone will make permanent.
  22794.  
  22795. What are you doing?
  22796.  
  22797. horrible
  22798.  
  22799. "Sshall ssacrifice my fallback weapon, and girl-child sshall
  22800. gain troll'ss power of regeneration. Transsfiguration ssicknesss
  22801. iss nothing before that, if perchance it wass not fixed by
  22802. previouss ritual. And no knife sshall sslay girl-child, nor cutting
  22803. cursse, nor ssicknesss take her.
  22804.  
  22805. Have not the tiniesst intention of letting girl-child die
  22806. again, after going to ssuch lengthss to ressurrect her."
  22807.  
  22808. practicing being nice?
  22809.  
  22810. Diffindo.
  22811.  
  22812. unicorn?
  22813.  
  22814. Power of unicorn'ss blood to presserve life makess
  22815. excellent combination with troll'ss healing. Only Fiendfyre and
  22816. Killing Cursse sshall girl-child fear, from thiss day."
  22817.  
  22818. Bessidess, had sspare unicorn
  22819. left over, might ass well usse."
  22820.  
  22821. That iss only when power of unicorn'ss blood iss sstolen by
  22822. another. Thiss sspell will make power of unicorn belong insside
  22823. girl-child, ass if sshe wass alwayss born that way."
  22824.  
  22825. Forget understanding, what am I seeing?
  22826.  
  22827. I'm seeing the Dark Lord Voldemort going to enormous lengths
  22828. to resurrect Hermione Granger and keep her alive. It's like he
  22829. thinks that his own life depends on Hermione Granger being alive,
  22830. somehow.
  22831.  
  22832. knew
  22833.  
  22834. Step three, the pouch.
  22835.  
  22836. Diary wass exactly what it sseemed, a gift meant to sseduce
  22837. you to my sside.
  22838.  
  22839. Avadakedavra.
  22840.  
  22841. Chance -
  22842.  
  22843. point
  22844.  
  22845. annoy
  22846.  
  22847. The next chapter will
  22848. post in 2.5 hours, at 1PM Pacific / 9PM
  22849. UTC.<br />
  22850.  
  22851. I'll be on a train, though, so don't
  22852. panic if it's a little late.
  22853.  
  22854.  
  22855. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22856. CHAPTER 112 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/112
  22857. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22858.  
  22859. known
  22860.  
  22861. absolutely
  22862.  
  22863. But you tried to end my true life jusst then, sstupid child.
  22864. Now cursse iss lifted, and I may kill you any time I
  22865. wissh.
  22866.  
  22867. that
  22868.  
  22869. Cast my own spell
  22870. first? No, Voldemort just jabs his wand downward to make another
  22871. shield, then shoots me - what else is there? WHAT ELSE?
  22872.  
  22873. Thiss iss, indeed,
  22874. horcrux of girl-child, my ssuperior verssion.
  22875.  
  22876. Thiss iss ritual for ressurrecting
  22877. her, if it musst be done again. Insstructionss are honesst, no
  22878. trapss. Remember that girl-child'ss sspirit cannot float free like
  22879. ghosst, Ressurrection Sstone iss my horcrux, not herss. Do not
  22880. losse her horcrux, or her sspirit may be trapped within it.
  22881.  
  22882. Remember that, in casse something
  22883. goess wrong with next movess.
  22884.  
  22885. When girl-child died, wass in company of sschool'ss Sseer,
  22886. heard prophecy sspoken that you would become force of vasst
  22887. desstruction. You would become threat beyond imagination, beyond
  22888. apocalypsse. That iss why I went to ssuch lengthss to undo my
  22889. killing of girl-child, keep it undone."
  22890.  
  22891. Dare not ssay sspecificss to you. Prophecy I heard of
  22892. mysself led me to fulfill it. Have not forgotten that
  22893. dissasster.
  22894.  
  22895. All thiss, all I have done, iss to ssmassh that
  22896. desstiny at every point of intervention. If ssome fate makess me
  22897. fail in what comess next, idiot-child of foretold desstruction,
  22898. then you musst kill yoursself to ssave girl-child. Elsse all you
  22899. claim to value diess by your own hand.
  22900.  
  22901. really really wouldn't do that, seriously!"
  22902.  
  22903. Ssilence, fool. Remain ssilent unlesss given leave by me to
  22904. sspeak. Keep your wand pointed down and do not raisse it unlesss
  22905. told. Elsse you die upon the sspot, and mark that I ssaid that in
  22906. Parsseltongue."
  22907.  
  22908. You know,
  22909.  
  22910. I think this is getting pretty bad even by my
  22911. standards.
  22912.  
  22913. The next chapter will post on
  22914. <strong>February 28th, 2015</strong> at <strong>12PM Pacific / 8PM
  22915. UTC.</strong>
  22916.  
  22917.  
  22918. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22919. CHAPTER 113 - http://hpmor.com/chapter/113
  22920. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22921.  
  22922. mockery
  22923.  
  22924. Crucio.
  22925.  
  22926. Do not lie to
  22927. me again.
  22928.  
  22929. Macnair?
  22930.  
  22931. Avada Kedavra!
  22932.  
  22933. Avada Kedavra!
  22934.  
  22935. always
  22936.  
  22937. I am immortal.
  22938.  
  22939. Crucio.
  22940.  
  22941. finished
  22942.  
  22943. will
  22944.  
  22945. Master, I beg you!
  22946.  
  22947. Crucio,
  22948.  
  22949. Dementors!
  22950.  
  22951. not
  22952.  
  22953. prophecy!
  22954.  
  22955. foolishness,
  22956.  
  22957. recklessness,
  22958.  
  22959. grandiose schemes
  22960.  
  22961. good intentions
  22962.  
  22963. not
  22964.  
  22965. please,
  22966.  
  22967. not
  22968.  
  22969. sacrifice
  22970.  
  22971. self
  22972.  
  22973. invoking
  22974.  
  22975. sacrifice
  22976.  
  22977. Now
  22978.  
  22979. prophecy
  22980.  
  22981. Power I know not, it wass ssaid that you would have. The
  22982. Muggle Artss I have now learned of from you, and I am already
  22983. sstudying them. Your power over life-eaterss musst be comprehended
  22984. for onesself, or sso you ssay. If there iss any other power you
  22985. posssesss, that I may come to have, tell me of it now. Elsse, I
  22986. intend to torment certain of thosse you care for. Ssome livess I
  22987. have already promissed you, but otherss I did not. Your mudblood
  22988. sservantss in your little army. Your preciouss parentss. All sshall
  22989. ssuffer for what will sseem to them like eternitiess; and then I
  22990. sshall ssend them, broken, into the life-eater prisson to remember
  22991. it, until they wasste and die. For each unknown power you tell me
  22992. how to masster, or other ssecret you tell me that I desire to know,
  22993. you may name one more of thosse to insstead be protected and
  22994. honored under my reign. Thiss alsso I promisse and intend to
  22995. keep.
  22996.  
  22997. Wasste not time in thoughtss of esscape,
  22998. if you care for thosse oness. You have ssixty ssecondss to begin
  22999. telling me ssomething I wissh to know, and then your death
  23000. beginss."
  23001.  
  23002. This is your final exam.
  23003.  
  23004. You have 60 hours.
  23005.  
  23006. Your solution must at least allow
  23007. Harry to evade immediate death,
  23008.  
  23009. despite being naked, holding only his wand, facing 36 Death
  23010. Eaters
  23011.  
  23012. plus the fully resurrected Lord Voldemort.
  23013.  
  23014. <strong>If a viable solution is
  23015. posted before</strong>
  23016.  
  23017. <strong>*12:01AM Pacific Time* (8:01AM UTC) on Tuesday, March
  23018. 3rd, 2015,</strong>
  23019.  
  23020. <strong>the story will continue to Ch. 121.</strong>
  23021.  
  23022. <strong>Otherwise you will get a
  23023. shorter and sadder ending.</strong>
  23024.  
  23025. Keep in mind the
  23026. following:
  23027.  
  23028. 1. Harry must succeed via his own
  23029. efforts. The cavalry is not coming.<br />
  23030. Everyone who might want to help Harry thinks he is at a Quidditch
  23031. game.
  23032.  
  23033. 2. Harry may only use
  23034. capabilities the story has already shown him to have;
  23035.  
  23036. he cannot develop wordless wandless Legilimency in the next 60
  23037. seconds.
  23038.  
  23039. 3. Voldemort is evil and cannot
  23040. be persuaded to be good;
  23041.  
  23042. the Dark Lord's utility function cannot be changed by talking
  23043. to him.
  23044.  
  23045. 4. If Harry raises his wand or
  23046. speaks in anything except Parseltongue,
  23047.  
  23048. the Death Eaters will fire on him immediately.
  23049.  
  23050. 5. If the simplest timeline is
  23051. otherwise one where Harry dies -
  23052.  
  23053. if Harry cannot reach his Time-Turner without Time-Turned help
  23054. -
  23055.  
  23056. then the Time-Turner will not come into play.
  23057.  
  23058. 6. It is impossible to tell lies
  23059. in Parseltongue.
  23060.  
  23061. Within these
  23062. constraints,
  23063.  
  23064. Harry is allowed to attain his full potential as a
  23065. rationalist,
  23066.  
  23067. now in this moment or never,
  23068.  
  23069. regardless of his previous flaws.
  23070.  
  23071. Of course 'the rational
  23072. solution',
  23073.  
  23074. if you are using the word 'rational' correctly,
  23075.  
  23076. is just a needlessly fancy way of saying 'the best
  23077. solution'
  23078.  
  23079. or 'the solution I like' or 'the solution I think we should
  23080. use',
  23081.  
  23082. and you should usually say one of the latter instead.<br />
  23083. (We only need the word 'rational' to talk about ways of
  23084. thinking,<br />
  23085. considered apart from any particular solutions.)
  23086.  
  23087. And by Vinge's
  23088. Principle,
  23089.  
  23090. if you know exactly what a smart mind would do,
  23091.  
  23092. you must be at least that smart yourself.<br />
  23093. Asking someone "What would an optimal player think is the best
  23094. move?"<br />
  23095. should produce answers no better than "What do you think is
  23096. best?"
  23097.  
  23098. So what I mean in
  23099. practice,
  23100.  
  23101. when I say Harry is allowed to attain his full potential as a
  23102. rationalist,
  23103.  
  23104. is that Harry is allowed to solve this problem
  23105.  
  23106. the way YOU would solve it.
  23107.  
  23108. If you can tell me exactly how to do something,
  23109.  
  23110. Harry is allowed to think of it.
  23111.  
  23112. But it does not serve as a
  23113. solution to say, for example,
  23114.  
  23115. "Harry should persuade Voldemort to let him out of the
  23116. box"
  23117.  
  23118. if you can't yourself figure out how.
  23119.  
  23120. <strong>The rules on Fanfiction
  23121. dot Net allow at most one review per chapter.</strong>
  23122.  
  23123. <strong>Please submit *ONLY ONE* review of Ch. 113,<br />
  23124. to submit one suggested solution.</strong>
  23125.  
  23126. For the best experience, if you
  23127. have not already been following
  23128.  
  23129. Internet conversations about recent chapters, I suggest
  23130.  
  23131. <strong>not</strong>
  23132.  
  23133. doing so,
  23134.  
  23135. trying to complete this exam on your own,
  23136.  
  23137. not looking at other reviews,
  23138.  
  23139. and waiting for Ch. 114 to see how you did.
  23140.  
  23141. I wish you all the best of luck,
  23142. or rather the best of skill.
  23143.  
  23144. Ch. 114 will post at
  23145.  
  23146. <strong>10AM Pacific (6PM UTC) on Tuesday, March 3rd,
  23147. 2015.</strong>
  23148.  
  23149. ADDED:
  23150.  
  23151. If you have pending exams,<br />
  23152. then even though the bystander effect is a thing,<br />
  23153.  
  23154. I
  23155. expect that the collective effect of<br />
  23156. 'everyone with more urgent life
  23157.  
  23158. issues stays out of the
  23159. effort'<br />
  23160. shifts the probabilities very little
  23161.  
  23162. (because diminishing marginal returns on more eyes
  23163.  
  23164. and an already-huge population that is participating).
  23165.  
  23166. <strong>So if you can't take the
  23167. time, then please don't.</strong>
  23168.  
  23169. Like any author, I enjoy the delicious taste of my readers'
  23170. suffering,
  23171.  
  23172. finer than any chocolate; but I don't want to *hurt*
  23173. you.
  23174.  
  23175. Likewise, if you hate hate hate
  23176. this sort of thing, then don't participate!<br />
  23177. Other people ARE enjoying it. Just come back in a few days.<br />
  23178. I shouldn't even need to point this out.
  23179.  
  23180. I remind you again that you have
  23181. hours to think.<br />
  23182. Use the Hold Off On Proposing Solutions, Luke.<br />
  23183.  
  23184. And really truly, I do mean
  23185. it,<br />
  23186. Harry cannot develop any new magical powers<br />
  23187. or transcend previously stated constraints on them<br />
  23188. in the next sixty seconds.
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