Half-Blood Prince 25: The Seer Overheard
In which Harry gets a message from Dumbeldore, requesting an immediate meeting, but first runs into Sybill Trelawney, who has been thrown out of the Room of Requirement by an unknown person who was whooping with glee. Harry assumes this is Draco and asks Trelawney to accompany him to Dumbledore's office. En route, Harry learns that it was Snape who overheard the prophesy Trelawney delivered to Dumbledore so many years.
Dumbledore says that has discovered a Horcrux and asks Harry to accompany him, but Harry confronts him about Snape. Dumbledore reiterates his faith in the professor, explaining that Snape regretted the consequences of relating the prophecy to Voldemort. "I trust Severus Snape completely," Dumbledore says. (549) He also refuses to hear Harry's warning that Draco is jubilant and may threaten the castle while they are away.
Just before they depart, Harry leaves the map and the bottle of Felix Felicis with Ron and Hermione, asking them to keep a watch on Draco and Snape and to share the potion with Ginny so that they are safe while he is gone. Harry and Dumbledore walk to Hogsmeade and Apparate to the cave where the Horcrux is.
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Dumbledore says that has discovered a Horcrux and asks Harry to accompany him, but Harry confronts him about Snape. Dumbledore reiterates his faith in the professor, explaining that Snape regretted the consequences of relating the prophecy to Voldemort. "I trust Severus Snape completely," Dumbledore says. (549) He also refuses to hear Harry's warning that Draco is jubilant and may threaten the castle while they are away.
Just before they depart, Harry leaves the map and the bottle of Felix Felicis with Ron and Hermione, asking them to keep a watch on Draco and Snape and to share the potion with Ginny so that they are safe while he is gone. Harry and Dumbledore walk to Hogsmeade and Apparate to the cave where the Horcrux is.
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