Chapter 11

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'When Death speaks to Harry'

'When Harry speaks to death in his mind'

'speaking Parseltongue'

Harry remained eating his breakfast at a leisurely pace; he had to make it look as though he had absolutely nothing to do after all

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Harry remained eating his breakfast at a leisurely pace; he had to make it look as though he had absolutely nothing to do after all. He wondered if Slughorn really could decide whether he could go to Hogsmeade or not. He guessed he'd find out later after dinner when he would ask. Not that he would be bothered overly much if the answer was negative, he wasn't really a teenager, Hogsmeade had quickly lost its appeal after a year and months of visiting the place. Mostly he summarized it was so much fun was because he was breaking the rules, otherwise the appeal would have been lost a lot sooner. His thoughts left him wondering why he even wanted to see about going. To get out of Hogwarts - away from Dumbledore and prying eyes for a sort while without arousing suspicion.

Looking around noticing that the younger years were beginning to leave the Great Hall, having finished their breakfast. In groups of three to five conversing with each other, planning their days now that the older students were gone - and they were free to roam the school without bigger students being around. It didn't surprise him to hear that many Ravenclaws were going to the library to study, while the N.E.W.T's and O.W.L's students were away. Picking up his bag, he followed the students out of the Great Hall, and making his way up to the third floor to the 'Serpentine' corridor it was named on the actual map of Hogwarts. Nobody used it though, anything remotely Slytherin sounding was rejected by the Gryffindors and with it the Hufflepuff's.

Before long he was standing before the one-eyed witch statue, looking around to make sure he was unobserved, he removed his cloak and flung it over himself. Removing his wand he uttered "Dissendium!" and with a grumbling click the passageway opened to him. Sliding in he closed it tightly, sighing in relief, removing the cloak again, keeping it bundled up under his arm, just in case he needed it again. The passageway was exactly as he remembered it, disgusting, draughty, horrible but blessedly free of any sort of animal - rats more specifically.

He knew the moment he had passed through Hogwarts itself, the distinctive shimmer of protective magic disappeared leaving the area extremely vulnerable. Many passageways had become victims of that, although he wasn't sure if it was true in this time or not. It would be definitely something worth investigating at one point or another, since he still had no idea where they went - obviously somewhere in Hogsmeade like the other ones. He pondered briefly whether he should Apparate now, and be done with it or wait until he got through tunnel and to Honeydukes. Since nobody was familiar with this particular passageway, he decided he should be safe to Apparate.

Which he did after sliding his invisibility cloak back into his bag, he appeared directly outside of Gringotts. Looking around noticing that it wasn't too busy, it was the weekend, so he wasn't surprised really. Those that weren't already working were sleeping in. Not wishing to remain too long lest he be caught, he quickly made his way to one of the counters, thankfully a few were free.

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