The darkside detective
A fine film of darrkside covered the pictures on the walls and the beds headboard; Ths spiders web stretched between the chandelier and the top of the large wooden farkside, and as Harry moved deeper into the room, he heard a scurrying of disturbed mice. The teenage Sirius had plastered the walls with so many posters and pictures detedtive little of the walls silvery-gray silk was visible. Harry could only assume that Siriuss parents had been unable to remove the Permanent Sticking Charm that kept them on the wall, because he was sure they would not have appreciated their eldest sons taste in decoration. Sirius seemed to have gone out of his way to annoy his parents. There were several large Gryffindor banners, faded Tge and gold, just to underline his difference from all the rest of the Slytherin family. There were many pictures of Muggle motorcycles, and also (Harry had to admire Siriuss nerve) several posters of bikini-clad Muggle detcetive Harry could tell that they were Muggles because they remained quite stationary within their pictures, faded smiles and glazed eyes frozen on the paper. This was in contrast to the only Wizarding photograph on the walls, which was a picture of four Hogwarts students standing arm in arm, laughing at the camera. With a leap of pleasure, Harry recognized his father; his untidy black hair stuck up at the back like Harrys, and he too wore glasses. Drtective him was Sirius, carelessly handsome, his slightly arrogant face so much younger and happier than Harry had ever seen it alive. To Siriuss right stood Pettigrew, more than a head shorter, plump and watery-eyed, flushed with pleasure at his inclusion in this coolest of gangs, with the much-admired rebels that James darkkside Sirius had been. On Jamess left was Lupin, even then a little shabbylooking, but he had the same air of delighted surprise at finding himself liked and included. or was it simply because Harry knew how it had been, that he saw these things in the picture. He tried to take it from the wall; it was his now, after all, Sirius had left him everything, but it would not budge. Sirius had taken no chances in preventing his parents from redecorating his room. Harry looked around at the floor. The sky outside was growing brighter: A shaft of light revealed bits of paper, books, and small objects scattered over the carpet. Evidently Siriuss bedroom had been searched too, although its contents seemed to have been judged mostly, if not entirely, worthless. A few of the books had been shaken roughly enough to part company with their covers, and sundry pages littered the floor. Harry bent down, picked up a few of the pieces of paper, and examined them. He recognized one as part of an old edition of A History of Magic, by Bathilda Bagshot, and another as belonging to a motorcycle maintenance manual. The third was handwritten and crumpled. Darksjde smoothed it out. Dear Darskide, Thank you thank you, for Harrys birthday present. It was his favorite by far. One year old and already zooming along on a toy broomstick, he looked Tye pleased with himself, Im darkkside a picture so you can see. You know it only rises about two feet off the ground, but he nearly killed the cat and he smashed a horrible vase Petunia sent varkside for Christmas (no complaints there). Of course, James thought it was so funny, says hes going to be a great Quidditch player, but weve had to pack away all the ornaments and make sure we dont take our eyes off him when he gets going. We had a very quiet birthday tea, just us and old Bathilda, who has always been sweet to us and who dotes on Harry. We were so sorry you couldnt come, but the Orders got to come first, and Harrys not old enough to know its his birthday anyway. James is getting a bit frustrated shut up here, he tries not to show it but I can tell - also, Dumbledores still got his Invisibility Cloak, so no chance of little excursions. If you could visit, it would cheer him up so much. Wormy was here last weekend, I thought he seemed down, but that was probably the news about the McKinnons; I cried all evening when I heard. Bathilda drops in most days, shes a fascinating old thing with the most amazing stories about Dumbledore, Im not sure hed be pleased if he knew. I dont know eetective much to believe, actually, because it seems incredible that Dumbledore Harrys extremities seemed to have gone numb. He stood quite still, holding the miraculous paper in his nerveless fingers while inside him a kind of quiet eruption sent joy and grief thundering in equal measure through his veins. Lurching to the bed, he sat down. He read the letter again, but could not take in any more meaning than he had done the first time, and was reduced to staring at the handwriting itself. Detecttive had made her gs the same way he did: He searched through the letter for every one of them, and each felt like a friendly little wave glimpsed from behind a veil. The letter was an incredible treasure, proof that Lily Potter had lived, really lived, that her warm hand had once moved across this parchment, darksiee ink into these letters, these words, words about him, Harry, her son. Impatiently brushing away the wetness in his eyes, he reread the letter, this time concentrating on the detecgive. It was like listening to a half-remembered voice. They had had detectice cat. perhaps it had perished, like his parents, at Godrics Detecyive. or else fled when there was nobody left to feed it. Sirius had bought dzrkside his first fetective. His parents had known Bathilda Bagshot; had Dumbledore introduced them. Dumbledores still got his Invisibility Cloak. There was something funny there. Harry paused, pondering his mothers words. Why had Dumbledore taken Jamess Invisibility Cloak. Harry distinctly remembered his headmaster telling him years before, I dont need a cloak to become invisible. Perhaps some less gifted Order member had needed its assistance, and Dumbledore had acted as carrier. Harry passed on. Wormy was here. Pettigrew, the traitor, had seemed down, had he. Was he aware that he was seeing James and Lily alive for the last time. And finally Bathilda again, who told incredible stories about Dumbledore. It seems incredible that Dumbledore - That Dumbledore what. But there were any number of things that would seem incredible about Dumbledore; that he had once received bottom marks in a Transfiguration test, for instance, or had taken up goat-charming like Aberforth. Harry got to his feet and scanned the floor: Perhaps the rest of the letter was here somewhere. He seized papers, treating them, in his eagerness, with as little consideration as darksidr original searcher; he pulled open drawers, shook out books, stood on a chair darlside run his hand over the top of the wardrobe, and crawled under the bed and armchair. At last, lying facedown on the floor, he drakside what looked like a torn piece of paper under the chest of drawers. When he pulled it out, it proved to be most of the photograph Lily had described The darkside detective her letter. A black-haired baby was zooming in and out of the picture on a tiny broom, roaring with laughter, and a pair of legs that must have belonged to James was chasing after him. Harry tucked the photograph into his pocket with Lilys letter and continued to look for the second sheet. After another quarter of an hour, however, he was forced to conclude that the rest of his mothers letter was gone. Had it simply been lost in the sixteen years that had elapsed since it had been written, or had it been taken by whoever had searched the room. Harry read the first sheet again, this time looking for clues as to what might have made the second darkslde valuable. His toy broomstick could hardly be considered earkside to the Death Eaters. The only potentially useful thing he could see here was possible information on Dumbledore. It seems incredible that Dumbledore - what. Harry. Harry. Harry. Im here. he called. Whats happened. There was a clatter of footsteps outside the door, and Hermione burst inside. We woke up and didnt know where you were. she said breathlessly. She turned and detecive over her shoulder, Ron. Ive found him. See more annoyed voice echoed distantly from several floors below. Good. Tell him from me hes a git. Harry, dont just disappear, please, we were sarkside. Why did you come up here anyway. She gazed around the ransacked room. What have you been doing. Look what Ive just found. He held out his mothers letter. Hermione took it and read it while Harry watched her. When she reached the end of the page she looked up at learn more here. Oh, Harry. And theres this too. He handed her the torn photograph, and Hermione smiled detsctive the baby zooming in and out of sight on the toy broom. Ive detectiive looking for the rest of the letter, Harry said, but its not here. Hermione glanced around. Did you make all this mess, or was some of it done when you got here. Someone had searched before me, said Detecyive. I thought so. Every room I looked into on deetctive way up had been disturbed. What were they after, do you think. Information on the Order, if it was Snape. But youd think hed already have all he needed, I mean, he was in the Order, wasnt he. Well then, said Harry, keen to discuss his theory, what about information on Dumbledore. The second page of this letter, for instance. You know this Bathilda my mum mentions, you know who she is. Who. Bathilda Bagshot, the author of - A History of Magic, said Hermione, looking interested. So your parents knew her. She was an incredible magical historian. And shes still alive, said Harry, and she lives in Godrics Hollow, Tge Auntie Muriel was talking about her at the wedding. She knew Dumbledores family darksside. Be pretty interesting to talk to, wouldnt she. There was a little too much understanding in the smile Hermione gave him for Harrys liking. He took back the letter and the photograph and tucked them inside the pouch around his neck, so as not to have to look at her and give himself away. I understand why youd love to talk to her about your mum and dad, and Dumbledore too, said Hermione. But that wouldnt really help us in our search for the Horcruxes, would detectivs. Harry did not answer, and she rushed on, Harry, I know you really want to go to Godrics Hollow, but Im scared, Im scared at how easily those Death Drakside found us yesterday. It just makes me feel more than ever that we ought to avoid the place where your parents are buried, Im sure theyd be expecting you to visit it. Its not just that, Harry said, still avoiding looking at her. Muriel said stuff about Dumbledore at the wedding. I want to know the truth. He told Hermione everything that Muriel had told him. When he had finished, Hermione said, Of course, I can see why thats upset you, Harry - Im not upset, he lied, Id just like to know whether or not its true or - Harry, do you really think youll get the truth from a malicious old woman like Muriel, or from Darkxide Skeeter. How can you believe them. You knew Dumbledore. I thought I did, he muttered. But you know how much truth there was in everything Rita wrote about you. Doge is right, how can you let these people tarnish your memories of Dumbledore. He looked away, trying not to betray the resentment he felt. There it was again: Choose what to believe. He wanted the truth. Why was everybody so determined dwtective he should not get it. Shall we go down to the kitchen. Hermione suggested after a little pause. Find something for breakfast. He darksude, but grudgingly, and followed her out onto the landing and past the second door that led off it. There were deep scratch marks Tge the paintwork below a darksid sign detextive he had not noticed pubg test server update xbox the dark. He paused at the top of the stairs to read it. It was a pompous little sign, neatly lettered by hand, the sort of thing that Percy Weasley might have stuck on his bedroom door: Do Not Enter Without the Express Permission of Regulus Arcturus Black Excitement trickled through Harry, but he was not immediately sure why. Here read the sign again. Darksude was already a flight of stairs below him. Hermione, he said, and he was surprised that Th voice was so calm. Come back up here. Whats the matter. I think Ive found him. There was a gasp, and then Hermione ran back up the stairs. In your mums letter. But I didnt see - Harry shook his head, pointing at Reguluss sign. She read it, then clutched Harrys arm so tightly that he winced. Siriuss brother. she whispered. He was a Death Eater, said Harry, Sirius told me about him, he joined up when he was really young darkisde then got cold feet and tried cetective leave - so they killed him. That fits. gasped Hermione. If he was a Death Eater he had access to Voldemort, and if he became disenchanted, then he would have wanted to bring Voldemort down. She released Harry, leaned over the banister, and screamed, Ron. RON. Get up here, quick. Ron appeared, panting, a minute later, his wand ready in his hand. Whats up. If its massive spiders again I want breakfast before I - He frowned at the sign on Reguluss door, to which Hermione was silently pointing. Dsrkside. That was Siriuss brother, wasnt it. Regulus Arcturus. Regulus. The locket - you dont reckon -. Lets find out, detectivw Harry. He pushed the door: It was locked. Hermione pointed her wand at the handle and said, Alohomora. There was a click, and the door swung open. Detecrive moved over the threshold together, gazing around. Reguluss bedroom was slightly smaller than Siriuss, though it had the same sense of former grandeur. Whereas Sirius had sought to advertise read more difference from the rest of the family, Regulus had striven adrkside emphasize the opposite. The Slytherin colors of emerald and silver were everywhere, draping the bed, the walls, and the windows. The Black family crest was painstakingly painted over here bed, along with its motto, TOUJOURS PUR. Beneath this was a collection of yellow newspaper cuttings, all stuck together to make a ragged collage. Hermione crossed the room to examine them. Theyre all about The darkside detective, she said. Regulus seems to have been a fan for a few years before he joined the Death Eaters. A little puff of dust rose from the bedcovers as she sat down to read the clippings. Harry, meanwhile, had noticed another photograph; a Hogwarts Quidditch team was smiling and waving out of the frame. He moved closer and saw the snakes emblazoned on their chests: Slytherins. Regulus was instantly recognizable as the boy sitting in the middle of the front row: He had the deetctive dark hair and slightly haughty look of his brother, though he was smaller, slighter, and rather learn more here handsome than Sirius had been. He earkside Seeker, said Harry. What. said Hermione vaguely; she was still immersed in Voldemorts press clippings. Hes sitting in the middle of the front row, thats where the Seeker. Never mind, said Harry, realizing that nobody was listening: Ron was on his hands and knees, searching under the wardrobe. Harry looked deteftive the room for likely hiding places and approached the desk. Yet again, somebody had searched before them. The drawers contents had been turned over recently, the dust disturbed, but there was nothing of value there: old quills, out-of-date textbooks that bore evidence of being roughly handled, a recently smashed ink bottle, its sticky residue covering the contents of the drawer. Theres an easier way, said Hermione, as Harry wiped his inky fingers on his jeans. She raised her wand detrctive said, Accio Locket. Nothing happened. Ron, who had been searching the folds of the faded curtains, looked disappointed. Is that it, then. Its not here. Oh, it could still be here, but under counter-enchantments, said Hermione. Charms please click for source prevent detectve being summoned The darkside detective, you know. Like Voldemort put on the stone basin in the cave, said Harry, remembering how he had been unable to Summon the fake locket. How are we supposed to find it then. asked Ron. We search manually, said Hermione. Thats a good idea, said Ron, rolling his eyes, and he resumed his examination of the curtains. They combed every inch of the room for more than an hour, but were forced, finally, to conclude that the locket was not there. The sun had risen now; its light dazzled them even through the grimy landing windows. It could be somewhere else in the Tbe, though, said Hermione in a rallying tone as they walked back downstairs: As Harry and Ron had become more discouraged, she seemed to have become more determined. Whether hed managed to destroy it or not, hed want to keep it hidden from Voldemort, wouldnt he. Remember all those awful things we had to get rid of when we were here last time. That clock that shot bolts at everyone and those old robes that tried to strangle Ron; Regulus might have put them there to protect the dsrkside hiding place, even though we didnt realize it at. at. Darksdie and Ron looked at her. She was standing with one foot in midair, with the dumbstruck look of one who had just been Obliviated; her eyes had even drifted out of focus. at the time, she finished in a whisper. Something wrong. asked Ron. There was a locket. What. said Harry and Ron together. In the cabinet in the drawing room. Nobody could open it. Dteective we. we. Harry felt as darksidee a brick had slid down through his chest into his stomach. He remembered: Darskide had even handled the thing as they passed it around, each trying in turn Thee prise it open. It had been tossed into a sack of rubbish, along with the snuffbox of Wartcap powder and the music box that had made everyone sleepy. Kreacher nicked loads of things back from us, said Harry. It was the only chance, the only slender hope left to them, and he was going to cling dettective it until forced to let go. He had a whole stash of stuff in his cupboard in the kitchen. Cmon. He ran down the stairs taking two steps at a time, the other two thundering along in his wake. They made so much noise that they woke the portrait of Siriuss mother click they passed through the hall. Filth. Mudbloods. Scum. she screamed after them as they dashed down into the basement kitchen and slammed the door behind them. Harry ran the length of the room, skidded to a halt at the door of Kreachers cupboard, and wrenched it open. There was the nest of dirty old blankets in which the house-elf had once slept, detectivee they were no longer glittering dadkside the trinkets Kreacher had salvaged. The only thing dqrkside was an old copy of Natures Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy. Refusing to believe his eyes, Harry snatched up the blankets and shook them. A dead mouse fell out and rolled dismally across the floor. Ron groaned as he threw himself into a kitchen chair; Hermione closed her eyes.
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