| All right then," he went on, tying up the sack with the fake Potters' clothes in it and leading
the way back to the door, "I make it three minutes until we're supposed to leaveNo point locking the back door, it won't keep the Death Eaters out when they come lookingCome on \a133"
Harry hurried to gather his rucksack, Firebolt, and Hedwig's cage and followed the group to the dark back garden
On every side broomsticks were leaping into hands; Hermione had already been helped up onto a great black thestral by Kingsley, Fleur onto the other by BillHagrid was standing ready beside the motorbike, goggles on
"Is this it? Is this Sirius's bike?"
"The very same," said Hagrid, beaming down at Harry"An' the last time yeh was on it, Harry, I could fit yeh in one hand!"
Harry could not help but feel a little humiliated as he got into the sidecarIt placed him several feet below everybody else: Ron smirked at the sight of him sitting there like a child in a bumper carHarry stuffed his rucksack and rolex yacht master broomstick down by his feet and rammed Hedwig's cage between his kneesHe was extremely uncomfortable
"Arthur's done a bit o' tinkerin'," said Hagrid, quite oblivious to Harry's discomfortHe settled himself astride the motorcycle, which creaked slightly and sank inches into the ground"It's got a few tricks up its sleeves nowTha' one was my idea He pointed a thick finger at a purple button near the speedometer
"Please be careful, HagridWeasley, who was standing beside them, holding his broomstick"I'm still not sure that was advisable and it's certainly only to be used in emergencies"Everyone ready, pleaseI want us all to leave at exactly the same time or the whole point of the diversion's lost
Everybody motioned their heads
"Hold tight now, Ron," said Tonks, and Harry saw Ron throw a forcing, guilty look at Lupin before placing his hands on each side of her waistHagrid kicked the motorbike into life: It roared like a dragon, and the sidecar began to vibrate
"Good luck, everyone," shouted pochette louis vuitton Moody"See you all in about an hour at the BurrowOn the count of three
There was a great roar from the motorbike, and Harry felt the sidecar give a nasty lurchHe was rising through the air fast, his eyes watering slightly, hair whipped back off his faceAround him brooms were soaring upward too; the long black tail of a thestral flicked pastHis legs, jammed into the sidecar by Hedwig's cage and his rucksack, were already sore and starting to go numbSo great was his discomfort that he almost forgot to take a last glimpse of number four Privet DriveBy the time he looked over the edge of the sidecar he could no longer tell which one it was
And then, out of nowhere, out of nothing, they were surroundedAt least thirty hooded figures, suspended in midair, formed a vast circle in the middle of which the Order members had risen, oblivious -
Screams, a blaze of green light on every side: Hagrid gave a yell and the motorbike rolled overHarry lost any sense of where they wereStreetlights above him, yells louis vuitton duffle bags around him, he was clinging to the sidecar for dear lifeHedwig's cage, the Firebolt, and his rucksack slipped from beneath his knees -
"No - HELP!"
The broomstick spun too, but he just managed to seize the strap of his rucksack and the top of the cage as the motorbike swung the right way up againA second's relief, and then another burst of green lightThe owl screeched and fell to the floor of the cage
"No - NO!"
The motorbike zoomed forward; Harry glimpsed hooded Death Eaters scattering as Hagrid blasted through their circle
"Hedwig - \iHedwig\i -"
But the owl lay motionless and pathetic as a toy on the floor of her cageHe could not take it in, and his terror for the others was paramountHe glanced over his shoulder and saw a mass of people moving, flares of green light, two pairs of people on brooms soaring off into the distance, but he could not tell who they were -
"Hagrid, we've got to go back, we've got to go back!" he yelled over the thunderous roar of the engine, pulling out knock off gucci wallets his wand, ramming Hedwig's cage into the floor, refusing to believe that she was dead"Hagrid, TURN AROUND!"
"My job's ter get you there safe, Harry!" bellow Hagrid, and he opened the throttle
"Stop - STOP!" Harry shouted, but as he looked back again two jets of green light flew past his left ear: Four Death Eaters had broken away from the circle and were pursuing them, aiming for Hagrid's broad backHagrid swerved, but the Death Eaters were keeping up with the bike; more curses shot after them, and Harry had to sink low into the sidecar to avoid themWriggling around he cried, "\iStupefy!"\i and a red bolt of light shot from his own wand, cleaving a gap between the four pursuing Death Eaters as they scattered to avoid it
"Hold on, Harry, this'll do for 'em!" roared Hagrid, and Harry looked up just in time to see Hagrid slamming a thick finger into a green button near the fuel gauge
A wall, a solid black wall, erupted out of the exhaust pipeCraning his neck, Harry saw it expand into being in gucci handbag new collection mi |
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