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ite allays first in chess,” said r across
the board. ”yes... look...”
a white pawn had moved forward two squares.
roo direct the black pieces. they moved silently
wherever he sent them. harrys krembling. what if
they lost?
”harry -- move diagonally four squares tht.”
their first real shock their ht was
takee queeo the fled him
off the board, where he lay quite still, fa.
”had to let that happen,” said ron, looking shaken. ”leaves
you free to take that bisho on.”
every time oheir men was lost, the white pieces showed
no mer there was a huddle of limp black players slumped
alowily just ime that harry
and hermier. he himself darted around the board,
taking almost as many white pieces as they had lost blaes.
”were here,” he muttered suddehi
me think...”
the white queen turned her blaoward him.
”yes...” said ron softly, ”its the only way... ive got to
be taken.”
”nof harry and hermioed.
”thats apped ron. ”youve got to make some
sacrifices! i take oep forward aake me -- that
leaves you free to checkmate the king, harry!”
”but --”
”do you want to stop s?”
”ron --”
”look, if you dont hurry up, hell already have the stone!”
there was ive.
”ready?” ron called, his face pale but determined. ”here i go -
now, dont hang around once youve won.”
he stepped forward, ae queeruck
ron hard across the head with her stone arm, and he crashed to
the floor - hermioayed on her square - the white
queeo one side. he looked as if hed bee.
shaking, harry moved three spaces to the left.
the white king took off his d threw it at harrys
feet. they had won. the parted and bowed, leaving the door
ahead clear. with oe look ba, harry and
hermied through the door a passageway.
”what if hes --?”
”hell be all right,” said harry, trying to ce
himself. ”what do you res ?”
”weve had sprouts, that was the devils swick mustve
put the keys; magall trahe to
make them alive; that leaves quirrells spell, and snapes.”
they had reaother door.
”all right?” harry whispered.
”go on.”
harry pushed it open.
a disgusting smell filled their nostrils, making both of them
pull their robes up over their ering, they saw,
flat on the floor in froroll evehe
oackled, out cold with a bloody lump on its head.
”im glad we didnt have to fight that one,” harry whispered
as they stepped carefully over os massive legs. ”e on,
i t breathe.”
he pulled ope door, both of them hardly daring to look
at what ext - but there was ening in here,
just a table with sevely shaped bottles standing on it
in a line.
”snapes,” said harry. ”what do we have to do?”
they stepped over the threshold, aely a fire sprang
up behihe doorway. it wasnt ordiher;
it le. at the same instant, black flames shot up in the
doorway leading orapped.
”look!” hermione seized a roll he
bottles. harry looked over her shoulder to read it:
danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,
two of us will help you, which ever you would find,
one among us seve you move ahead,
aransport the drinker bastead,
two among our number hold ole wine,
three of us are killers, waiting bidden in line.
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