two things happeaer that.
a purple bolt erupted out of bertrie’s hest and struk the kneazle, followed by a red bolt going from the animal to the girl. the fore of the energies ripped the reature from lovegood’s hah her and it flying. lovegood rrass.
at the same time, there and a mahe middle of the field. igora squihe dim light and was sure she had seen him somewhere befnized his bk-ops robes. he was from the department of mysteries ops-team.
&he bolts between the krie disappeared, everyohe field looked stuared arouher.
then granger sreamed something at the man who’d just appeared ahrew herself at pansy parkihe young girl rolled around feeling for something on the ground until she piked up ohe disarded wands aotors.
“you killed my father!” she sreamed and ast, “impedimenta!” at the leader of the group who had made her drink from the vial. lovegood lorass, grabbed a rge silver bell from her p it repeatedly.
to the side of igora, felix shouted, “expelliarmus!” awo figures that had hung bak from the exhaheir wand. felix added, “stupefy!” and the figure fell to the ground. befet a spell out, the ure immediately disapparated.
& have time to dwell on it beause as soon as she looked bak to the ehe field, she dropped her wand in shok. hundreds of shinis asehe grass and began swarming anyone earing a holiday jumper. parkinson had throwhe ground arie ihe oversized jumper.
igora wathed in horror as the ures tried to swat the fae, listehey sreamed in agony. after only a few seohree kidnappers had fallen to the fl, while the man arated ie sreamed at hermier for help.
“you said you k y!” she replied. graioo lovegood after that and the bl the bell again. the fae pulled bak and united in a swirl of tiny lights sinking bak into the ground.
igora and felix rushed down to the field and took stok of everyranger was binding the kidaking their wands, luna lovegood had gohe kneazle, and pansy parkinson still had bertrie zivantus in a tight embrae, roking bak and forth ahe young girl’s ear.
“everyora approahed. felix went ter with the kidnappers. igazed arouhe figure arated might ome bak.
the bk-ops man rolled around in the grass and groaned. “i am nht.”
&hing will be fine,” grahe man.
& away, the rge green pnt burst into fmes.
grainued nodding, “this is fine.”
“malfoy,” harry looked around the alley as the sun filtered ihe buildings surrounding it. “it’s daylight.”
malfoy took a step bak from him ahe timepiee in his hand. he blinked, shook it, and then sowled. “i dohis!”
“what is it? where—i mean when are we?” harry’s heart pounded.
“thursday m,” malfoy’s voie raked. “quarter to seven.” thursday m? that was a few hours before the penthouse massare. suddenly harry was wio his stomah but riveted with the sudden uanding that they were supposed to be there. he had been there, he remi wasn’t someone o wasn’t someoh him, it was him and it always had beeurned around ahe street. “where are you going?” malfoy alled after him.
&el,” harry said over his shoulder.
malfoy rushed after him. “harry! wait! we an’t!”
“yes we an,” he said, “and we already have. i’ve seen it.”
“what do you mean?”
harry ouldhe sudden onsummate smile on his fae. “i saw myself that day. i was ior, drao, and it stopped oeenth floor. two pe in the hallway outside a room, our room, ahe hallway was me. i was wearing this same outfit!”
malfoy stared in shok. he blihen looked away. “you saw yourself?”
“yes.”
“and you didn’t think that ortant? you didn’t think you should tell someone?” malfoy’s ver f his features into a tense sowl. “you, sai somethi ould have potentially hahing.”
“hetting angry now, too. “how would the knowledge of me being in that hallway, or some form of me, have helped?”
malfoy let out an unsteady exhale. “it doesn’t matter ?”
harry rolled his eyes, “i’m going, you aay here for all i are.” malfoy pointed his nt ahing under his breath. the pnt shrunk to the size of a h, and malfoy piked it up and put it i. “you ouldhat earlier?”
the blond smirked. “you seemed t it around.”
they walked the two bloks bak to the ashtyl in silene. harry didn’t know what they would do whehere. it was hours until the i e. whehe hotel entrane, malfoy stoiold you,” harry started but malfoy raised a hand to silene him.
“we should use gmours,” he suggested.
“it’ll be fine,” harry said. “i’m not—i mea be here for a few hours.”
malfoy hey went inside. harry realized in that moment that valentine would be there. “i want to hold the world ohe hotel manager had said. harry suddenly beame very angry. “valenti