Turn to Page 182, The Dueling Club. Today’s lesson is called Misunderstood.
The chapter begins with Harry being released from the hospital wing, his arm healed. He finds Ron and Hermione in Myrtle’s bathroom, brewing polyjuice potion. The news over Colin’s petrification has circulated the school, but Harry tells them about Dobby’s time in the hospital wing, too. The trio execute a distraction in Snape’s Potions class to steal ingredients they need to finish the potion.
Students at Hogwarts, like Neville and Ginny, are stressed about their safety, and Professor Lockhart decides to start a duelling club. Professor Snape, suspicious of Harry as always, pairs Harry and Malfoy together to duel. Eventually, Malfoy summons a snake, who Harry convinces not to attack Justin Finch-Fletchley using Parseltongue. Everyone is suspicious of Harry after that, since they only heard him speaking to the snake, not what he said. Further, Slytherin was famously a Parselmouth, piling more evidence on Harry.
Things only worsen, when Harry innocently comes upon a horrific scene with a petrified Nearly Headless Nick and Justin Finch-Fletchley, and students openly accuse Harry as the perpetrator. The chapter ends with Harry being led into Dumbledore’s office for the first time.
Music: Happy Haunts by Aaron Kenny
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