Exams are ending and Harry is waiting for the pattern to repeat, because something terrible always happens at the end of the year. A History of Magic OWL turns into a full vision as he finds himself in the Department of Mysteries watching Voldemort torture Sirius over the prophecy. Shaken but clear headed, Harry pulls Neville into the Room of Requirement, explains the scar connection and the trap, and chooses to spring one of his own instead. With Neville, Luna, Fred, George, and Dobby, he heads straight to the Hall of Prophecies, lays down portable swamps and fireworks, and lets chaos swallow the arriving Death Eaters, complete with Dobby flinging wands and Lucius Malfoy’s hair going up in flames. Just when it looks like they might get out clean, Harry’s scar explodes with pain. Voldemort himself arrives in the room, and the real battle begins.
