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Runcorn.

Accio locket.

All right, all right. Let’s calm down, shall we?

Let’s get back to work, please.

Calm down.

Runcorn.

Morning.

Ron, its me.

Harry. Blimey, forgot what you looked like.

Where’s Hermione?

She’s gone down to the courtrooms, with Umbridge.

Bloody cold down here.

I’m a half-blood. My father was a wizard.

William Alderton. He worked here for 30 years.

Perhaps you know him. Always wore his jacket inside out.

No, there’s been a mistake. I’m half-blood, you see.

We must go back. I’m half-blood.

Mary Elizabeth Cattermole? Yes.

Of 27 Chislehurst Gardens, Great Tolling, Evesham?

Yes. It’s here.

Mother to Maisie, Ellie and Alfred? Wife to Reginald?

Reg?

Thank you, Albert.

Mary Elizabeth Cattermole?

Yes.

A wand was taken from you upon your arrival at the Ministry today.

Is this that wand?

Would you please tell the court from which witch or wizard you took this wand?

I didn’t take it.

I got it in Diagon Alley, at Ollivander’s, when I was 11.

It chose me.

You’re lying.

Wands only choose witches, and you are not a witch.

But I am.

Tell them, Reg. Tell them what I am.

Reg, tell them what I am.

What on earth are you doing, Albert?

You’re lying, Dolores.

And one mustn’t tell lies.

Stupefy!

It’s Harry Potter.

It is, isn’t it? This’ll be one to tell the kids.

Expecto Patronum!

Mary, go home.

Long story. Nice meeting you.

It’s Harry Potter.

It’s Harry. Harry Potter.

There he is. Get him!

Get him! Stop him!

Watch out. Look out.

This way!

Expellliarmus!

Oh, my God.

It’s all right. It’s okay.

Harry. Harry, quickly, in my bag.

There’s a bottle labeled Essence of Dittany.

Quickly.

Accio Dittany. Shh.

It’s all right. Unstopper it.

Hermione, his arm.

I know, just do it.

It’s okay.

Okay, it’s gonna sting a little bit. What happened? I thought we meant…

to be going back to Grimmauld Place. We were. We were.

Itگs all right. One more, one more.

We were there, we were there, but Yaxley had hold of me, and I…

I knew once he’d seen where we were, we couldn’t stay…

so I brought us here…

but Ron got splinched.

It’s all right.