Chapter 29 Summary: The Dream

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I'd like to apologize for the fact that this is so late. I was on 
target but was felled by a virus of the human kind. I did try to post 
this from home but my service provider `upgraded' their service which 
apparently disabled my email capability. So I had to wait until I got 
back to work to post this. 

The Lupin character discussion is written. I just need to key it in 
so I will post it later today.


GOF Chapter 29 

It's early in the morning after Mr. Crouch's disappearance.
Our trio is in the owlery, having just sent a note to Sirius about 
the previous night's events. They are rehashing what Crouch said and 
speculating on who is responsible. Ron's first suggests it may be 
Krum but this theory fails to pass Hermione's logic. He then suggests 
that Snape deliberately delayed Harry reaching Professor Dumbledore, 
perhaps to allow himself time to reach the forest before them.

As they continue their discussion, they hear voices drifting up the 
stairs, discussing blackmail and a big payoff. The voices belong to 
Fred and George. When Ron confronts them, they pass it all off as a 
joke and tell Ron to mind his own business.

After the twins mail their letter and leave, Ron tells Harry and 
Hermione about the twins' desire to open a joke shop and their 
obsession with obtaining gold for that purpose. He is worried they 
might be willing to break laws to get it. But when Hermione suggests 
telling Percy, Ron refuses.

The trio go looking for Moody as soon as is practicable. He says he 
did not find Mr. Crouch despite using the Marauder's Map. The 
discussion continues on what happened, this time centering on the 
possibility of kidnap. Moody attempts to redirect Harry's
attention back to the third task and Ron and Hermione's to looking 
after Harry.

Sirius' reply to their letter arrives the next morning saying
much the same thing as Moody: keep safe, concentrate on the task, 
stay close to Ron and Hermione. Harry refuses to believe he is any 
real danger. It is Hermione who insists Moody and Sirius are right.

Over the next few days, the trio work on hexes that might aid Harry. 
Then on Monday afternoon, Harry and Ron go up to Divination. The room 
is stifling; Trelawney starts her lesson on the current placement of 
Mars. And Harry drifts off to sleep . . .

Harry is flying on the back of an eagle owl to an old house on a 
hill, through a broken window, into a dark, boarded up room at the 
end of a hall. Two figures are on the floor beside a chair: a huge 
snake and a small man. A cold voice is heard – Voldemort's voice. He 
tells Wormtail that Wormtail's mistake hasn't ruined everything; 
someone is dead. Voldemort then tells Nagini that he will not be 
feeding Wormtail to him but, not to worry, there is still Harry 
Potter. Then he disciplines Wormtail using the Cruciatus curse. As 
Wormtail screams, the pain starts in Harry's scar. Pain so bad he 
begins to scream as well . . .

Harry awakens to find himself on the floor of the classroom with the 
rest of the class standing over him, including the ghoulish Professor 
Trelawney. While the other students are described as terrified and 
unnerved, Trelawney is excited by what happened and frustrated by 
Harry's refusal to stay and share his experience.

Harry says he is going to the hospital wing but goes instead to 
Professor Dumbledore's office. When he gets there, he overhears 
Fudge, Professor Dumbledore, and Moody talking. Fudge foreshadows his 
refusal to acknowledge Voldemort's return by rejecting Professor 
Dumbledore's theory that Bertha Jorkins' disappearance was due to 
foul play and is linked to Crouch's. Instead he prefers to suspect 
Madame Maxime simply because of her parentage. Moody ends the 
discussion by revealing Harry's presence outside the door.


QUESTIONS/ISSUES
Many of the issues and questions brought up by this chapter have been 
discussed previously. However members may wish to continue the 
discussions.

1. You are Hermione. Harry and/or Ron has just speculated that 
someone apparated/disapparated on the Hogwarts grounds . . . yet 
again. What do you do?

2. Harry jokes that the only way Snape could have gotten to the 
forbidden forest before Harry and Professor Dumbledore was to turn 
himself into a bat or something. Is Snape a bat (animagus, vampire, 
etc.)?

3. The twins compare Ron to Percy and say he will be made a prefect 
if he continues meddling. Why does this make Ron so angry?

4. Ron thinks the twins capable of law-breaking to gain gold for 
their joke shop and Percy capable of turning the twins in. Is Ron 
just a bad judge of character or are either of these two things 
likely to happen?

5. Moody suggests Hermione consider becoming an Auror; he had 
previously said the same thing to Harry. Considering Moody's
physical and mental scars, would you want Harry and/or Hermione to 
make that career choice?

6. What kind of teacher is excited when a student starts rolling on 
the floor screaming in pain, and frustrated when the student insists 
on going for medical help?

7. Sirius had previously told Harry to seek out Professor Dumbledore 
the next time his scar hurt, and Harry actually does it. How big of a 
step forward is this for a kid who has previously avoided confiding 
in anyone or asking for help?


Margaret