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Dobby’s Reward
"YettheSortingHatplacedyouinGryffindor.Youknowwhythatwas.Think."
"ItonlyputmeinGryffindor,"saidHarryinadefeatedvoice,"becauseIaskednottogoinSlytherin..."
`Exactly,"saidDumbledore,beamingoncemore. "WhichmakesyouverydifferentfromTomRiddle.Itisourchoices,Harry,thatshowwhatwetrulyare,farmorethanourabilities." Harrysatmotionlessinhischair,stunned. "Ifyouwantproof,Harry,thatyoubelonginGryffindor,Isuggestyoulookmorecloselyatthis."
DumbledorereachedacrosstoProfessorMcGonagall’sdesk,pickeduptheblood-stainedsilversword,andhandedittoHarry. Dully,Harryturneditover,therubiesblazinginthefirelight.Andthenhesawthenameengravedjustbelowthehilt.
GodricGryffindor
"OnlyatrueGryffindorcouldhavepulledthatoutofthehat,Harry,"saidDumbledoresimply.
Foraminute,neitherofthemspoke. ThenDumbledorepulledopenoneofthedrawersinProfessorMcGonagall’sdeskandtookoutaquillandabottleofink.
"Whatyouneed,Harry,issomefoodandsleep. Isuggestyougodowntothefeast,whileIwritetoAzkaban-weneedourgamekeeperback. AndImustdraftanadvertisementfortheDailyProphet,too,"headdedThoughtfully. "We’llbeneedinganewDefenseAgainsttheDarkArtsteacher...Dearme,wedoseemtorunthroughthem,don’twe?"
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Harrygotupandcrossedtothedoor.Hehadjustreachedforthehandle,however,whenthedoorburstopensoviolentlythatitbouncedbackoffthewall.
LuciusMalfoystoodthere,furyinhisface. Andcoweringbehindhislegs,heavilywrappedinbandages,wasDobby.
