Why don't you confer with Mr. Finnigan? As I recall, he has a particular proclivity for pyrotechnics.
J. K. RowlingA Dream is where a boy can swim in the deepest oceans and fly over the highest clouds.
J. K. RowlingI feel I owe you another explanation Harry," said Dumbledore hesitantly. "You may, perhaps, wondered why I never chose you as a prefect? I must confess...that I rather thought...you had enough responsibility to be going on with." Harry looked up at him and saw a tear trickling down Dumbledore's face into his long silver beard.
J. K. RowlingHogwarts is threatened!โ shouted Professor McGonagall. โMan the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school!
J. K. RowlingAt that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared. The look upon Dumbledore's face as he stared down at the unconscious form of Mad-Eye moody was more terrible than Harry could have ever imagined. There was no benign smile upon Dumbledore's face, no twinkle in the eyes behind the spectacles. There was cold fury in every line of the ancient face; a sense of power radiated from Dumbledore as though he were giving off burning heat.
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