Soul Searching/End Game
EG Chapter 8 - Giant Attack
By Chem Prof
Chapter 8, Giant Attack
Saturday, October 25
Ginny waited anxiously outside the Heads suite the following morning, dressed in her exercise clothing. When the portrait hole opened and Harry and Hermione stepped out, it took all the self-control she possessed to restrain herself from leaping at him and crushing him in a hug. Instead she stood before him, hands clenched tightly in front of her.
“Harry, I …”
“Ginny, I …”
The both stopped and stared at each other, then quickly dropped their eyes. Hermione stepped up and wrapped an arm around her younger friend, then gestured to Harry to proceed.
“Ginny, I’m sorry for the way I’ve been avoiding you, but I hope now maybe you can understand why. I’m not mad at you. You didn’t do anything wrong. But I think we need to cool it for a while until I can sort out what I’m feeling. I don’t want to say something I might regret. Is that OK?”
Ginny fought to control her emotions. He hadn’t broken up with her! But she needed to be able to tell him her side. She just had to hold on for a while. She finally looked up, into his anguished eyes and almost lost it again.
“I can handle that, I think,” she managed at last. “I just don’t want you to give up on us without giving me a chance.”
He relaxed visibly. Confronting her like this had been tough for him, too. Trying to reassure her he continued. “It doesn’t mean I want us to avoid each other. And I don’t think we want anyone else to know.” Ginny shook her head vigorously. “So I think we should try to act towards each other just like we have been for the past two months. You know, like good friends.”
Ginny smiled broadly in relief. This had gone better than she had thought possible. Hermione, who had been worrying about how this confrontation between her two friends would go, also relaxed. She gave Ginny a quick grin and linked her arm with hers, then reached over and did the same with Harry.
Pulling them both down the corridor she said brightly, in an attempt to lighten the mood, “So, shall we go running now?”
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Despite her apparent cheerfulness, Hermione knew that the situation between Harry and Ginny was on a knife’s edge. As the three of them ran along together she kept the conversation light and to a minimum. Harry had always been able to hold his feelings inside him, but she could tell that Ginny was still struggling to control herself. About halfway through the run she reached over and touched Harry casually on the shoulder and nodded to him that he should go ahead. Understanding what she was doing, he gave her a grateful smile and sped up slightly.
At this point Hermione grabbed Ginny and suggested they slow down a bit. As soon as Harry was out of sight the young witch collapsed into her arms and finally let it out. Forgetting her possible rivalry with the older girl for Harry’s affections, Ginny unburdened herself to the friend who had always been there for her and the two girls shared a good cry.
Although Hermione had been calm and supportive for Harry the previous night, giving him the comfort that he needed, inwardly she was shocked at Ron’s actions. For now, she knew that she needed to keep her own feelings about what he had done mostly under control for Harry and Ginny’s sakes, but she knew that eventually she would confront him and it would not be pleasant. However, that could wait for a later date.
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During their morning exercise they had been careful not to overdo it, knowing that they might be in a fight for their lives before the day was out. After they returned and had a leisurely breakfast, it was time for the merchants’ bazaar in the courtyard. As they dressed, Harry and Hermione remembered to put on their dragonhide vests. Harry realized that he should have ordered some for all of those who would be fighting that day, and vowed that he would correct that as soon as possible. He hoped that no one would get killed as a result of his oversight.
The merchants’ bazaar was a great success. Since it was in the castle, there was no need for an age restriction or parental consent, and every student was able to take part. Professor McGonagall and Mrs. Figg were keeping a sharp eye on the twins’ booth, making sure the pranks being sold to the students weren’t too outrageous or dangerous. Many of the students were happy to have a chance to stock up on Honeyduke’s chocolate, and Scrivenshaft’s had a special on sugar quills, much to the delight of the younger students. Madame Rosmerta’s tables were full all day.
Hand in hand, Harry and Hermione strolled leisurely through the crowded courtyard, enjoying the crisp autumn day. They stopped at Weasley Wizarding Wheezes and chatted a while with Angelina and Alicia who were manning the booth. Hermione winced as she noticed the table where a few love potions were displayed and discreetly guided Harry in the other direction. At Scrivenshaft’s Harry bought her some of her favorite flavor sugar quills. (As the daughter of dentists, Hermione had developed a passion for the forbidden sweet treats.) She returned the favor at Honeydukes, picking out some chocolates that she knew he was particularly fond of, a luxury of the type that he had never been allowed by the Dursleys.
As they approached the booth housing the muggle resale clothing, it was clear that the party clothing was turning out to be a big hit. Ted Tonks had two friends who were muggleborn witches who were manning the booth, and he had obtained a large assortment of men’s dress shirts and slacks, and women’s dresses, skirts, and tops on consignment. Some of the pureblood and halfblood girls were amazed at how brief some of the clothing was, particularly the mini skirts. Lavender and Parvati nearly passed out from astonishment when Hermione casually mentioned that she owned similar clothing. With a mischievous grin at Harry that he had rarely seen from her in their six previous years at Hogwarts, but which he had gotten very used to during the summer, she waved her wand and a small cubical enclosed by curtains appeared. Looking over the clothing racks, she picked out a denim miniskirt and a white thin strapped tank top and disappeared inside.
By the time Hermione emerged from the changing room wearing the brief outfit Lavender and Parvati had been joined by several other seventh year girls, and when they saw her they were all stunned into silence. To their minds this was even more daring than her exercise clothing at the DA meeting had been.
Seeing the Head Girl so attired gave the other girls the courage they needed to begin trying on similar clothing, and the older girls quickly conjured up several more of the changing rooms. They briskly shooed Harry away, instituting a ‘no guys allowed’ zone behind the resale booth, and he waited while Hermione changed back and joined him. The rest of the day saw most of the girls fourth year and above racing in and out of the changing rooms, gradually becoming more daring in their choices.
Next they meandered over to The Three Broomsticks dining area and ran into Ernie, Susan, and Padma. They decided to pick up some sandwiches and butterbeers, then waited while the other three did the same, and the five of them wandered out onto the grounds. Finding a sunny spot by the lake, Padma and Susan conjured picnic blankets and Hermione conjured up some comfortable lounge chairs like the ones her parents had around their swimming pool. Meanwhile Ernie and Harry unpacked the food and cast chilling spells on the butterbeers and they all settled down to enjoy a delightful lunch.
Of course it was too good to last. As Harry had expected, in the early afternoon, just when the streets of the town would be packed with students on a normal Hogsmeade weekend, he got a call from Viktor on his mirror. But it was worse than he’d expected. Viktor hurriedly informed him that there had been more giants than expected, and they were currently attacking in three different places. He had to split up his strike team and he would not be able to spare anyone if there was a fourth attack on Hogsmeade. Harry and the students would have to hold out as best as they could until the other attacks were controlled and Viktor was able to send help.
Harry’s face was grim as he broke the connection with Viktor. He knew that the MILAN antitank missiles would eliminate the giants relatively quickly, but it would take some time to get to the attack site and set up, and they might need to wait until they could get a clear shot. And it didn’t take very long for giants to do a lot of damage.
Without delay he touched his charmed Galleon to summon the Elite DA members. Meeting out of site of the castle on the furthermost practice quidditch pitch, he quickly explained the new situation to his charges. In ones and twos, they would fly off of the grounds to Hogsmeade Station, where they would form their battle groups and wait.
The first combat group would be Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Neville, and they would set up in the middle of the town. The second would be Justin, Ernie, Hannah, Blaise, and Tracey, who would be at the north end of the main street. The third would be Anthony Goldstein, Terry Boot, Michael Corner, Zacharias Smith, and Padma, who would cover the south end of the street. The diversionary flyers would be Ginny, Seamus, and Dean, with one of them assigned to each combat group. Susan and Daphne comprised one emergency evacuation team with Lavender and Parvati the other. All thoughts of chocolates, quills, and fancy dresses were gone, as were any personal conflicts. This was deadly serious.
Harry was relieved when Remus, Tonks, Charlie, and Madame Hooch showed up to accompany them. Remus and Tonks would provide ground cover to help with any Death Eaters that accompanied the giants, while Charlie and Hooch would cover them from the air. Harry and Remus took a moment to discuss their strategy. The greatest danger to the students would be the Death Eaters that might show up. The students had not had time to train for them, and their attention would be focused on the giants. Therefore, the first order of business would be to eliminate the Death Eaters.
Harry gave a ride to Tonks, while Remus rode with Hermione as the four of them were the first to fly off to Hogsmeade Station. As soon as they arrived, Harry grabbed a pair of omnioculars from his pack and joined Remus and Tonks scanning the village while Hermione shrunk their brooms.
Just as she finished stowing them in the slings they had designed to fit across their backs Ginny arrived with Neville in tow. He hopped off immediately while Hermione disillusioned Ginny, who took back to the air to scout. Right behind them were Parvati and Seamus, and Lavender and Dean. Like Neville had, the girls quickly dismounted and they began making a last-minute check of their medical supplies, while Hermione repeated her disillusionment charms on the boys so that they could get back into the air.
Next the Hufflepuff contingent showed up, with Susan riding behind Ernie and Justin sharing with Hannah. They were soon followed by the larger Ravenclaw group as the DA students hurried to begin forming their combat teams. Finally Ron, Charlie, and Madame Hooch, who had stayed behind to coordinate the rides and bring up the rear, appeared with the three Slytherins.
The final group arrived at Hogsmeade none too soon. At that moment a half dozen giants flashed into view in the middle of the town. Immediately Charlie and Hooch took flight, streaking down the street over the giants. Their goal was twofold – distract the giants and flush out any Death Eaters – and it succeeded on both counts.
The six giants looked up for a moment, and a few swung large clubs at the flyers, but they were easily evaded. Seconds later three jets of green light flashed up toward them, but missed badly. That was what they had been waiting for. Spotting where the hexes had originated, Harry caught Remus’s eye and raised two fingers and motioned to the right, then three fingers to the left. Remus and Tonks nodded and disapparated. Harry grabbed Ron and Hermione with an arm around each waist, shouted out “Wands out!” and did likewise.
The twin pops of Remus and Tonks to their right spun all three Death Eaters in that direction and they missed the nearly silent arrival of Harry, Ron, and Hermione on their left. Before Harry had even finished releasing his friends and drawing his own wand they were in action. Hermione conjured a slab of rock and also raised a shield, while Ron fired off an explosion hex at one of the Death Eaters. His spell just missed his target, but the man was knocked off of his feet by the blast. Harry’s followup hex did not miss. Remus and Tonks were engaging the other two Death Eaters and stunned one, then Harry and Ron teamed up to blow away the other.
All of this took only a matter of seconds, but that was enough time to attract the attention of the giants. Tonks managed to grab the stunned Death Eater and disapparate away just before a giant club smashed to the ground where she was standing. Remus and the three students wisely decided to leave the bodies of the other two Death Eaters where they were and popped to safety.
By now Charlie had given the rest of the students the all clear and they apparated or flew quickly to their positions. In the meantime the giants had spread out and began to move up and down the street, turning their attention to the buildings of the village. Showing remarkable courage, a dozen Hogsmeade residents ran out into the street firing hexes. Unfortunately, their only effect was to turn the giants’ attention to them, as the hexes bounced off of the large creatures without doing any damage.
Now, however, the students’ plan went into effect. Ginny, Dean, and Seamus each buzzed a giant, while Hermione, Tracey, and Padma began transfiguring the marbles into bowling balls. As fast as they could, the other members of the teams banished the balls towards the giants.
For a while it was a standoff. The bowling ball sized projectiles were not large enough to knock out the giants without a perfect hit, but they got their attention. Every time a giant located one of the attacking teams and started toward it, swatting at the annoying flyers all the while, the team leader ordered a short distance apparation and they all popped out of harm’s way. To some extent, the DA’s plan was working. They were keeping the giants’ attention and preventing them from doing too much damage to the village. But eventually the giants would become frustrated with this game and turn their destructive efforts to more stationary targets.
Two things happened to change the situation.
“Hermione, can you make them bigger?” Harry shouted. Hermione nodded and the next marble turned into three foot sphere as she staggered back from the strain. Harry motioned to Ron and Neville and the three of them levitated the large ball, then together they all banished it toward the nearest giant. This giant was turned away from them trying to get a swing at Ginny, and the ball, propelled by the strength of three banishment charms, smashed into the back of his head. The giant staggered once, then crashed to the ground.
Still flying overhead, Charlie and Hooch saw the revised strategy and zoomed off to pass the information to the other two combat groups. Just as they were attempting to follow the lead of the center group, a roar sounded from near the Hogwarts gates. Hagrid and Grawp were charging into battle.
At first Harry mentally welcomed their help, but almost instantly regretted it. Hagrid was nowhere near a match for a giant, and even Grawp was considered a runt by giant standards. Two of the giants attacking the village broke off and charged off toward the newcomers, even as another one fell to a larger ball launched from Tracey’s group.
Harry thought frantically about how to aid Grawp and Hagrid. They were too far out of range of any of the combat groups, so they would have to leave their position guarding the village and apparate closer to the edge of town. Then another idea came to him, from a movie he and Hermione had watched that summer.
“Hermione, make me a hundred foot length of rope!” Without questioning him, Hermione flicked her wand and the rope appeared, while Harry unslung his broom from his shoulder and expanded it.
“Ron, grab the other end and keep it tight!” Harry took one end of the rope and jumped on his Firebolt, hurtling towards the two giants who were now approaching Hagrid and Grawp. Ron obeyed instantly, expanding and mounting his own Firebolt and following a hundred feet after Harry. Hermione, suddenly catching on to what Harry was doing, quickly transfigured the rope into a steel cable, then immediately cast a lightening charm on it before the boys could drop it.
Approaching the first giant, Harry swung wide, then began to curve around him in a high speed turn, while waving at Ron to go in the other direction. A few seconds later they met and passed each other on the other side of the giant, then met again and again as their cable began to ensnare the puzzled creature. Futilely, the giant swung at them, but years of dodging bludgers enabled Harry and Ron to easily evade his club. One final swing put the giant off balance and he stepped back, only to loose his footing as the cable pinned his legs. He fell to the ground with a mighty crash. Grawp rushed forward and with one powerful blow from his club crushed the head of the fallen giant.
Meanwhile Ginny, seeing what Harry and Ron were doing, had raced down to Hermione and demanded another coil of rope. As soon as the older witch had conjured a second one, she grabbed one end and took off after the two boys.
“Dean! Seamus!” she called out, hoping one of the other flyers would join her. The pair of Gryffindors, however, were engaged with the remaining two giants and didn’t hear her.
“Hermione, give me your broom!” shouted Neville. Now he too had realized what Harry and Ron were up to, and knew that Ginny needed a partner.
“Neville, are you sure?” Hermione hesitated, but seeing the desperate look in his eye whipped out her broom and unshrunk it. Without another word Neville grabbed Hermione’s broom and leapt into the air after Ginny.
But Neville’s quick thinking and courage unfortunately outstripped his ability. Whereas Harry, Ron, and Ginny had played quidditch for years and were completely at home in the air, Neville was not. To make matters worse he was flying an unfamiliar broom, one that was designed for speed and not maneuverability. He managed to catch up to the end of the now-transfigured cable and grab it, and started around the opposite side of the giant that Ginny had taken. When he reached the front of the giant it was all he could do to force his broom into a turn, and he never saw the blow the giant aimed at him.
His shoulder and right side crushed, Neville sailed through the air in a high arc. Hermione, watching in mounting horror, screamed.
“Neville! Arresto Momentum! Arresto Momentum!” But he was hundreds of feet away from her and her spell had little effect.
Harry had just released the cable on his own giant when he heard Hermione’s scream. Wheeling around, his practiced seeker’s eye, which could spot a golden snitch from a thousand feet away, locked on the body of his friend as it reached the top of its arc. Urging his Firebolt to its maximum speed, he rocketed toward Neville, his voice joining Hermione’s. “Arresto Momentum! Arresto Momentum!”
Ginny knew her friend was in trouble, but also knew she had to keep to her task. With the singleminded focus honed from her time spent as a chaser, she blocked out his fate just as she would a teammate who had just fallen to a bludger and pressed on. She had managed to cross with Neville once before he had been knocked from his broom, so she continued on with her end, pushing her Firebolt to its absolute limit. At nearly top speed, she pulled into the tightest turn possible, ignoring g forces that would black out an experienced fighter pilot. Five turns, ten, fifteen, twenty. Finally her giant, already dizzy from trying to follow her, took one step too many. The ground shuddered as he joined his companion, and Grawp’s club sealed his fate.
Meanwhile, Charlie and Hooch, circling high above, spotted Neville’s falling form. With their slowing charms added to Harry and Hermione’s, Neville’s descent moderated. Even so, he hit the ground with a sickening thud, already unconscious. In an instant Susan and Daphne apparated to his side. With a quick Petrificus Totalus so that he could be safely moved, they activated their portkey and flashed him to the hospital wing and Madame Pomfrey.
By this time Padma’s group had finally knocked out the giant who was at the southernmost end of the village. Only one remained. This was the Gurg, the leader of this clan. Seeing his comrades fall, he went into a rage, intent on dishing out as much destruction as possible. Ignoring all of the students, he turned to the nearest building and brought down his club in a massive blow, destroying half of the structure.
Harry and Ron were returning to where Hermione was stationed to resume their attack and the same thought flashed through all three of their minds. ‘Merlin, I hope no one was in that building!’ A split second later those hopes were dashed, as two screams pierced the air. Before any of them had time to react, two female figures appeared outside the building as Lavender and Parvati apparated in. Without a second thought the two Gryffindors raced into the building in a desperate rescue attempt.
Unfortunately this caught the giant’s attention and only enraged him further. He raised his club for a second blow, intent on destroying the remainder of the building. Harry, who had just reached Hermione, looked around desperately and spotted two bowling ball sized projectiles still remaining. Without stopping he reached down and grabbed one and took off after the giant. Ron, following right behind, grabbed the other and Ginny, just beginning to return from her own victory, wheeled and streaked after him. But it was clearly apparent that they would not be in time.
But not so for Dean and Seamus. The other two flyers had come back from where the last giant had fallen and now darted to the aid of their female housemates. Just as the giant was about to bring down his club for the killing blow, the pair buzzed right past his head, halting him in mid swing. With a roar he swung his club at one and his hand at the other, but they were already out of range. This few seconds of distraction was all that Harry needed.
While the giant was still looking towards his former dormmates, Harry came up behind it and hurled the transfigured bowling ball with all his might, hitting the giant right in the side of the head. Temporarily dazed, the giant turned right into the onrushing Ron and Ginny. Acting purely on instinct, Ron pushed his Firebolt into a vertical climb and shot directly up in front of the face of the startled behemoth, releasing his ball as he did. Right behind him, Ginny cleanly caught it and bore in on her target. It had been a perfect drop pass.
In hours and hours of flying in their backyard, the brother and sister had practiced this most basic of quidditch maneuvers. Never in their wildest dreams had they considered that they would use it in such a situation. Accelerating to top speed, Ginny closed to point blank range and let fly. The giant, still watching Ron, never saw her. Center hoop. No keeper. Goal!!
With the momentum of her flight added to the ball hurled with every ounce of strength she possessed, the ten pound mass hit the giant at nearly two hundred miles per hour. Right between the eyes.
The impact of the final giant hitting the ground raised dust two blocks away.
An eerie quiet settled on the village, a stark contrast to the screaming and roaring of the battle. The students on brooms slowly spiraled to a landing and cautiously approached the bodies of the enormous creatures, not daring to believe that they had succeeded. Soon the rest of the fighters had joined them, and they embraced each other, while looking around at the destruction. Several shops and houses had been damaged, and Lavender and Parvati had not yet emerged from the smashed building into which they had disappeared. And Neville was gone.
The giant attack had been thwarted. But at what cost?
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Author’s Interruption – Orginally I had planned to end the chapter here, with something of a cliffhanger. But I didn’t want you to worry about Neville. So here’s a bit more.
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The followup to the battle took longer than the actual fight had lasted. There was a moment of panic when Lavender and Parvati never surfaced from the wrecked house, but it turned out that they had found an injured couple and had portkeyed them to the Hogwarts hospital wing. Eventually Tonks returned with some Aurors and they took charge of the fallen giants, putting some kind of massive restraining device on those who were merely stunned, and portkeying away the dead ones.
While this was happening Viktor arrived with a team of four men and an odd looking tube shaped device. Harry assumed that this must be the MILAN antitank weapon and Viktor confirmed it. Seeing that this battle was over, he sent the others away quickly, not wanting too many spectators to get a glimpse of the muggle weapon.
As they shared stories, Harry learned that the antitank weapon had been brutally effective in the other attacks, blowing the giants to bits. Everything had happened so quickly that few people had actually seen the rockets, most bystanders being more concerned with fleeing in terror. Harry agreed with Viktor about the need to keep the use of muggle weapons as much of a secret as possible, and the Aurors were glad to go along with them. They had no desire to face giants themselves, so they had no problem cooperating with those who did.
The full story of the attacks revealed that there were initially three strikes with four giants each at widely spaced targets, followed by the main assault on Hogsmeade fifteen minutes later. The plan had apparently been to occupy all of the Ministry forces with the first wave, then wipe out the town of Hogsmeade and as many Hogwarts students as possible when no help would be available.
Without the advance warning and the DA’s special training the second part, at least, would have been a horrible success. Viktor also told him that four more of Voldemort’s inner circle of Death Eaters had been killed or captured, one at each attack site. Jugson, Mulciber, Nott, and Rookwood were now eliminated from his ranks. Since the elder Crabbe and Goyle had previously been killed in earlier Death Eater raids, this meant only Avery, Dolohov, MacNair, and Malfoy were still at large from the group that they had faced at the Department of Mysteries.
Viktor and Harry also agreed to keep the details of the students’ role in the Hogsmeade attack under wraps, so Harry moved quickly to get everyone back to Hogwarts before any reporters showed up. Viktor remained behind to deal with the press, and as promised, Rita Skeeter later was given a private interview.
As soon as he got back to the castle, Harry rushed to the hospital wing where Ginny, Ron, and Hermione were already waiting to see how Neville was. The immediate news was not good. Neville had been barely alive when Daphne and Susan brought him in. His right shoulder was completely destroyed, and Madame Pomfrey had removed the mangled bone tissue. He would eventually need to take skelegro potion to regrow it. Every rib on that side had been shattered, and there was severe damage to his right lung and kidney. Those injuries were the main danger now. If she could get them functioning again she could repair the bones later. He was currently in a coma with no sign of when he would emerge from it.
Professor Longbottom was sitting by his bedside when the four friends were let in to see him. Before he could even start it, she halted Harry’s apology, telling him that she and Neville both considered it an honor that he allowed Neville to fight alongside him. Harry responded that the honor was all his, and that he couldn’t ask for a more loyal friend than Neville.
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione were ready to leave, Ginny decided to stay in the hospital wing with Neville and his gran a bit longer. This gave her a chance to get to know the elderly witch a little better as they kept a vigil by his bedside.
As the trio walked the corridor back to Gryffindor tower an uneasy silence settled over them. Hermione and Ron had not yet talked about the love potion, and Harry assumed correctly that Hermione was furious with their other friend. At his suggestion they agreed to have it out in the Heads suite common room. He left the two of them there and went out for a fly to have some time alone to sort out his own feelings. He never asked them what they talked about that afternoon, and neither of them ever volunteered anything about it. But it would be quite some time before their friendship recovered to what it had been.
On a happier note, when Lavender and Parvati found out how Dean and Seamus had flown right at the giant’s head to save their lives, they were unrestrained in expressing their gratitude. The two boys walked around with dazed expressions and dopey grins for the whole weekend.
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On Monday there were two pieces of good news. Madame Pomfrey announced that Neville’s condition had improved and it was now just a matter of time until he regained consciousness. And Rita Skeeter’s article about the giant attacks came out.
In her article she described the other three attacks as great victories, giving all of the credit to Viktor and the Ministry’s elite defense forces. She referred to a new weapon they had used against the giants, but nowhere in the article was any mention made of its muggle origins. It turned out that people weren’t as fussed about the means used to defeat creatures like giants. If it had been wizards on the receiving end of a questionable weapon, it would have been a different story.
Her report on the attack on Hogsmeade was extraordinary. It started with the headline, ‘Not All Giants Are Evil’ and was flanked by pictures of Hagrid and Grawp. It credited the two of them with coming to the rescue of some brave students who were attempting to hold off the attacking giants until Auror help could arrive. It went on to praise Hogwarts professor Rubeus Hagrid for ‘civilizing’ his half brother and making him safe to be around normal people. There were even a few quotes (fabricated, of course, this was Rita after all) from students in his class who had interacted with Grawp. When Harry returned the paper to Hermione, he caught her eye and they exchanged satisfied looks. They had definitely made the correct decision regarding Rita.
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This was for the action lovers out there. Back to the romantic entanglements next chapter. I assume everyone figured out the movie reference regarding Harry’s circling the giant. If not, give a holler and I’ll clue you in.