Yes, the beginning of the second half of the series, with thick books of thin plots, attempts at 'darkness' and a lot of death that will be with us like a presence.

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In the previous chapter 7 persons were gathered in the DADA classroom: Barty, Harry, Albus, Minerva, Severus, Winky and (finally) the real Alastor Moody. These are the people who have heard Barty's confession first hand ( Read more... )

Shocked and exhausted Harry lands on the grass (he can tell by the scent). From what I can tell, Albus and Cornelius were immediately with him and 'Moody' joined them very soon after. Perhaps the judges were gathered close to the opening of the maze (supporting the idea the cup was planned to be a Portkey, and where Harry landed was the original ( Read more... )

Peter releases Harry, who might have considered running, but can't because his leg is injured, and anyway the DEs closed the gaps in the circle. Was that standard DE procedure? So the gaps only represent deaths/captures/absences since the previous time the circle was formed? So perhaps I have no idea if the number of DEs was growing or diminishing ( Read more... )

Voldemort enjoys having his new body. Doesn't care much about Peter, though. Peter who was thoughtful enough to place the wand with which he killed Cedric into the robes he prepared for Tom. Possibly while Harry was not looking due to scar-pain. Tom's first use of his wand in his new body is to levitate Peter and drop him. Peter is begging for ( Read more... )

The correct order is bone, flesh, and blood ( Read more... )

Talking to his friends about what he saw in the Pensieve gives Harry the sensation of being too full of thoughts for the first time in his life. Not that he seems to be doing much thinking, he is merely repeating in soundbites what he saw and heard ( Read more... )

'Moody' invites Harry to enter the room - it is hard to realize, but this is late May of Harry's 4th year, and it is the second time in his life that he actually enters the headmaster's office. 'Moody' Fudge and Albus were about to leave anyway, but as Harry wants to talk to Albus the headmaster asks Harry to wait for him. And thus for the first ( Read more... )

It seems the trio argued about the events in the forest but were stuck with the same conclusion - either Crouch attacked Viktor and left or someone else attacked them both. Though Ron has a future posting on fan boards with the theories he can spin. Oh, Severus turned himself into a bat and beat Harry and Albus to the forest: Foreshadowing of ( Read more... )

So the kids send a letter to Percy and go to bring Dobby his new socks. Harry wants to thank him, Ron just wants food. While they're at it Harry thinks of sending more food to Sirius. Hermione wants to see Winky. Who is even worse than before. Being told of Crouch's supposed illness almost leads her to give him away - she says that besides ( Read more... )