Harry Potter Summary

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Character Summaries of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter- Harry is the main character in Deathly Hallows. Hes taken on the enormous

responsibility of living up to his destiny as the one person who has the power to kill

Voldemort for good. Thanks to help from his best friends, hes able to do just that.

Ronald Weasley - Ron is Harrys best friend, and goes with him on his journey to find

Voldemorts Horcruxes. Ron goes through a period of anger and doubt, and leaves the

quest for a time, but he returns just in time and proves himself to be a loyal and true friend to

Harry.

Hermione Granger - Ever the brain, Hermione gets Harry and Ron out of more dangerous

situations than they can count, and they surely would have never succeeded on the quest if

it werent for her.

Ginny Weasley - Ginny is Harrys ex-girlfriend, and Rons sister. Harry loves her very much,

but he ended things with her before his journey so Voldemort would not torture her for

information. She is a brave, fierce fighter.

Remus Lupin - Lupin is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, and is close to Harry. He

marries another Order member, Tonks, and they end up having a baby boy. He asks Harry

to be godfather to little Ted, and Harry accepts.

Tonks - Tonks is a member of the Order and is married to Lupin. She and Lupin both are

killed during the last battle at Hogwarts.

Fred and George Weasley - Fred and George are Rons twin brothers who own a joke

shop. They are members of the Order, and Fred is killed at the battle of Hogwarts.

Mad Eye Moody - Mad Eye is another member of the Order who helps Harry escape the

Dursleys home. He is killed during the attempt.

Dumbledore - Dumbledore is the last Headmaster of Hogwarts, and is sort of a father-figure

to Harry. He had a mysterious and secret past, and Harry spends a great deal of time

wondering what Dumbledore truly meant for him on this final quest.

Voldemort - Voldemort is Harrys nemesis, and the one wizard who Harry must kill at all

costs. He is supremely evil, and cant understand the forces that rule Harrys life, namely

love and friendship. Its these simple forces, however, that ultimately prove his undoing, just

as Dumbledore always predicted it would.

Bill and Fleur Weasley - Bill marries Fleur at the beginning of the book, and they live

together in a cottage by the sea that frequently hides people on the run from the Ministry

and Death Eaters. They are both members of the Order.


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Severus Snape - Snape is the new Headmaster of Hogwarts, and Harry finds out at the

very last that Snape was in love with his mother his whole life, and was really loyal to

Dumbledore and the Order, in spite of what they always thought.

Bellatrix Lestrange - Bellatrix is one of Voldemorts most loyal servants, and she is ruthless

in her pursuit of members of the Order. She is one of the most heartless fighters on

Voldemorts team of Death Eaters.

Xeno Lovegood - Xeno is Luna Lovegoods father, and editor of the Quibbler. He is very

anti-Voldemort until they take Luna away, and he ends up turning Harry in so he can get her

back.

Luna Lovegood - Luna is a Ravenclaw student and one of Harrys truest friends.

Neville Longbottom - Neville is another good friend of Harrys who has really gained

confidence the older hes gotten. Hes a major part of the underground resistance at

Hogwarts.Chapter Summaries of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Chapter 1: The Dark Lord Ascending

As our story opens Severus Snape and fellow Death Eater Yaxley are on their way to a meeting

at Lucuis Malfoys palatial mansion. When they get there they are seated at a long table with

their fellow Death Eaters. Voldemort sits at the head, and anxiously awaits Snapes report on

when Harry Potter is to be moved from his safehouse. He is planning to attack Harry on his way

to a secret location, where he will be constantly guarded by members of the Order of the

Phoenix.

There is a woman dangling upside down over the table, but no one pays any attention to her.

She is a professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts and is doomed to die by Voldemorts hand.

Draco Malfoy, however, cant bring himself to look at her. When Voldemort finally does kill the

poor woman, Draco falls out of his chair. Its obvious that he, as well as his father, Lucius, and

his mother, Narcissa, are not happy that Voldemort is back in power and staying at their home.

Chapter 2: In Memoriam

As Harry cleans out his school trunk completely for the first time since he started at Hogwarts,the process is like going back in time. He comes across items left abandoned in there from each

year, and going through them all is like taking a walk down memory lane. Hes sorting items by

the things hell need on his journey. Everything else, hes sure, the Dursleys will burn in the

middle of the night after hes gone.


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As hes sorting through the newspapers, he comes across a memorial article for Albus

Dumbledore that was published just recently. The story goes into great detail about

Dumbledores life, and Harry is very surprised to realize he knew almost nothing about his past.

The man was a mystery, and Harry wishes strongly hed taken more time to get to know who he

truly was.

Harry also comes across another article written by Rita Skeeter, who will soon be publishing a

scandalous new book about Dumbledores life. It addresses questions like why Dumbledores

sister died so young, and what really happened to his brother Aberforth. To Harry, the book

seems filled with nothing but nasty rumors, but it does get him wondering again about

Dumbledores life and what really happened while he was alive.

Chapter 3: The Dursleys Departing

For the past few weeks, the Dursleys have been preparing to go into hiding. His uncle has been

changing his mind every day, alternating between going and refusing to go. Now, he has

convinced himself that Harry is just after the house, and will do some 'hocus-pocus' to get the

deeds in his name the moment they leave. Harry manages to convince him of the danger that

they're in, and that Voldemort's supporters will torture them for information on Harry if they're

caught.

When two members of the Order arrive to take the Dursleys into hiding, their goodbye is an

awkward one. Harry is surprised when Dudley expresses concern that they are leaving Harry

behind. He is further shocked when Dudley thanks him for saving his life the summer before

last. It appears that the Dementor attack brought on a change in Dudley, and Harry realizes the

cup of tea was probably supposed to be a present. Dudley shakes Harry's hand, something that

Uncle Vernon could not face, and follows his father outside. Aunt Petunia appears to

momentarily stop before she leaves, as if to say something, but instead follows her husband

and son.

Chapter 4: The Seven Potters

As Harry is left alone in the Dursleys' house hes filled with something almost like sadness. He

knows he will probably never set foot in here again, and as he waits for his guard he remembers

all the times growing up in this house. He revisits his cupboard under the stairs and remembers

what it was like waking up there every morning.

Suddenly, figures begin appearing in the Dursleys' yard, and Harry wrenches open the door to

greet them. Hermione, Ron, Hagrid, Mad Eye Moody, Lupin, Bill, Mr. Weasley, Tonks, Fred,

George, and a few others have all come to escort Harry to his safehouse.


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Harry is surprised to learn that their original plan for getting him out had to be abandoned, and

theyve got a new one. There will be seven Harry Potters as decoys for the Death Eaters. Harry

is absolutely opposed to his friends putting their lives on the line for him, but they all insist that

they want to do this for him. It is the only way to get Harry out safely.

Once the decoys have all turned into Harry, the real Harry goes on the flying motorbike with

Hagrid. They are up in the air scant minutes before they are attacked by Death Eaters. Harry

and Hagrid barely miss being killed, but Hedwig doesnt make it.

Suddenly, Voldemort is there in the sky with them and is trying to kill Harry. Harry barely has

time to think the spells are coming so fast, and just as Voldemort shouts Avada Kedavra at

Harry, Harrys wand acts on its own accord and shoots a spell at Voldemort.

Chapter 5: Fallen Warrior

Harry cant think straight. All he knows is that Hagrid is lying on the ground and wont get up,and he has no idea where they are. He finds out he is at Tonkss parents' house, and a few

minutes later he finds out that Hagrid is all right. Harry tells Ted Tonks that somehow the Death

Eaters knew he was being moved tonight, because they were waiting for all of them. Ted tells

Harry that their house is completely protected, so at least the Death Eaters will not be able to

attack them there. Harry is terrified for the rest of his friends and hopes that they made it

through the attack.

They take a Portkey to the Burrow where they are met by Mrs. Weasley, who is anxiously

awaiting their return. Harry is horrified to learn that hes the first one back; no one else hasmanaged to catch their Portkey yet.

Lupin and George make it back next. George has been injured and is rushed into the house.

Hermione and Kingsley make it back next, and they all start wondering who in the Order could

have betrayed them because that is the only way the Death Eaters would have known about the

plan. Mr. Weasley and Fred are the next ones back, and then Ron and Tonks make it back.

They all have horrifying tales of how they almost died in the attempt. Bill and Fleur finally make

it back, but they bring with them the news that Mad-Eye Moody died.

Harry feels terrible. The guilt weighs on him like an anchor, and hes terrified that he has nowput all the Weasleys in danger by staying there as well. The house is completely protected, but

he still worries that he shouldnt be there.

Chapter 6: The Ghoul in Pajamas

As Harry, Ron, and Hermione start planning for their journey to find Voldemorts Horcruxes, they

have to be very tight-lipped about what they are doing. Mrs. Weasley knows they are planning


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something, and she does her best to keep them separated so they have no time to discuss what

they are about to do. The entire household is planning for Bill and Fleurs upcoming wedding, so

they are kept really busy cleaning and de-cluttering the Burrow.

Finally they get an afternoon to talk together and Harry tries to talk the two of them out of

coming with him. He is shocked, however, when they explain to him how far they have already

gone preparing for their journey with Harry. Hermione has modified her parents' memory so they

dont even think they have a daughter (she doesnt want them caught and tortured by Death

Eaters) and shes sent them to live in Australia. Ron has turned the family ghoul into himself,

only it looks like a Ron who is extremely sick with spattergroit. That way Voldemort and the

Death Eaters would not know if Ron was going with Harry since they would think Ron is sick.

Chapter 7: The Will of Albus Dumbledore

On Harrys seventeenth birthday hes touched and amused to be given a book from Ron, of all

people, on how to charm witches, and a watch by Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.

After breakfast, Ginny pulls him into her room and gives him her present, which is the longest,

most passionate kiss Harry has ever had. They are interrupted much too soon by Ron and

Hermione, and Ron is mad because Harry was supposed to have stopped seeing Ginny at the

end of the school year, for her protection.

During his birthday dinner Harry is shocked when Rufus Scrimgeour shows up and wants to talk

with him, Ron, and Hermione. When he talks with them privately he tells them that Dumbledore

left them some things in his will and he is here to deliver them.

Dumbledore leaves Harry Godric Gryffindor's legendary sword, which Scrimegour has left back

in Hogwarts insisting that it wasn't Dumbledore's to give away in the first place. He also left

Harry a Golden Snitch, which, when touched to his lips, reveals the line "I open at the close", of

which Harry cant make heads or tails of. Ron is left a Deluminator (which was shown in the

beginning of the first HP movie), which steals light from any nearby source. Lastly, he leaves

Hermione a book of childrens stories entitled "The Tales of Beedle the Bard." None of them can

figure out why Dumbledore would have left them these things, but they certainly dont tell the

Minister that. Scrimgeour is already highly suspicious of the three of them and is convinced they

are up to something.

Chapter 8: The Wedding

Bill and Fleurs wedding turns out to be a glorious affair. Harry, disguised as a Weasley cousin

named Barny, gets to meet all of Rons family and he gets to see many people he hasnt seen in

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During the wedding Harry is talking to Krum, who is very angry at Luna Lovegoods father,

Xenophilius Lovegood, because hes supposedly wearing a very Dark symbol on his dress

robes. Krum tells Harry that the sign is that of Grindelwald, a Dark wizard that Dumbledore

dueled with and defeated many years ago.

Later, Harry gets the chance to talk with the man who wrote Dumbledores obituary in the Daily

Prophet. The man, Elphias Doge, was good friends with Dumbledore and Harry is excited to talk

with him. Rons Auntie Muriel, however, is sitting with them and continues to spread the same

rumors that Rita Skeeter is spreading, that Dumbledore was very cruel to his Squib sister and

kept her locked in the house all the time. Harry is also shocked to find out that Dumbledore grew

up in Godrics Hollow, the same village as Harrys parents. He is amazed that Dumbledore

never thought to tell him this.

Before he can really register this fact, Kingsley Shacklebolts Patronus, a lynx, arrives at the

wedding bearing a horrifying message "The Ministry has fallen. Scrimegour is dead. They are

coming."

Chapter 9: A Place To Hide

Pandemonium breaks loose. Harry and Hermione sprint through the crowd, looking frantically

for Ron. Masked figures are starting to appear out of nowhere, and then suddenly they find Ron.

Without a word, Hermione grabs them and Apparates them both out of there.

Hermione has Apparated them into an area of London called Tottenham Court Road. Harry and

Ron are shocked to learn that she is completely prepared for their escape. Shes magicallypacked every thing they would need in her bag. She used an Undetectable Extension Charm on

her bag so everything can fit. They are both amazed at her ingenuity.

They dart into a cafe to figure out what they are going to do. They are not in there long before

two workmen show up, and somehow Harry just knows they are Death Eaters. He doesnt know

how they found him, but they barely make it out of the diner after their minor duel. They decide

to go to Grimmauld Place to hide until they can figure out what to do.

When they get to Grimmauld Place they are accosted by a few spells Mad-Eye Moody set up in

case Snape came back. A few minutes later they receive a Patronus from Rons father, tellingthem "Family safe, do not reply, we are being watched". They are all ecstatic that no one is hurt.

Harry can only feel happy for a moment, however, as the pain in his scar shoots into his head.

Harry rushes to the bathroom and succumbs to the pain from the scar. He catches (the first of

many) glimpses from Voldemort's point of view, of Voldemort torturing the Death Eater Rowle, of

whom Harry, Ron and Hermione had just stunned in the cafe.


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Chapter 10: Kreachers Tale

Hermione has fortunately packed them sleeping bags and when Harry wakes up the next

morning he sees that Ron and Hermione fell asleep holding hands. The sight of them makes

him feel a little bit lonely.

While theyre still sleeping, Harry creeps upstairs to Siriuss room and goes inside. Hes amazed

to find a letter to Sirius from his mother, Lily. It describes the baby Harry and his love for the

broomstick Sirius gave him for his first birthday, also how Dumbledore still has James' Cloak,

but part of the letter is missing and the text ends just as Lily's going to write something shocking

about Dumbledore, and so Harry searches frantically around the room for the rest of the letter,

but he couldn't find it anywhere.

On the way back downstairs Harry finds a sign on another door from Siriuss brother, Regulus

Black. His initials are R.A.B, the same ones that were on the fake locket Horcrux that Harry and

Dumbledore retrieved last year. The three search the room for over an hour looking for the real

locket but dont find it. Hermione, however, remembers they threw away a locket last summer

when they were cleaning out the house. Harry is horrified, because he now realizes that the

locket is Voldemorts true Horcrux.

Harry summons Kreacher to ask him if he stole the locket back and the elf tells him that he did.

He tells Harry that Mundungus Fletcher stole it from him, and now Kreacher doesnt know where

it is.

Kreacher then tells Harry an amazing story of how he came to know where the original locketwas, and how Regulus gave his own life to try and destroy the Horcrux with Kreachers help.

Harry then asks Kreacher very nicely if he would go find Mundungus so they could continue

Reguluss work and ensure he didnt die in vain.

Chapter 11: The Bribe

While they wait for Kreachers return, Death Eaters have started taking up watch outside

Grimmauld Place. Lupin shows up to give them news of what happened after the wedding, and

theyre all really glad to see someone from the Order. Lupin doesnt bring much good news,

however. The Death Eaters now have the full might of the Ministry behind them now that theMinister is dead, and rumors are being spread that Harry is wanted for questioning in

Dumbledores death.

He also tells them that the Ministry, which is now really headed by Voldemort, is rounding up

Muggle-borns and making them register. If they cant prove they have at least one close wizard

relative, theyre being punished for stealing magic.


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Lupin also asks them if he can go with them on their mission. Harry wants to know why hed

volunteer to go away when he and Tonks just got married, and Lupin tells them that shes also

expecting a baby. When Harry finds this out, hes outraged that Lupin would ditch his wife and

kid to go off with them. They get into a huge argument about it, and Lupin tells them that he

regrets marrying Tonks and regrets having a kid because now theyre all going to be outcasts

because hes a werewolf.

Lupin leaves suddenly when Harry calls him a coward, and then Harry feels really guilty for

laying into him like that. Still, he reasons, if it makes Lupin go back to Tonks, it will be worth it.

As if the night couldnt get any more exciting, Kreacher returns with Mundungus. Harry is

amused to find that now Kreacher is entirely on their side, and wastes no time trying to beat up

Mundungus. Harry finds out from Mundungus that he sold the locket to none other than Dolores

Umbridge.

Chapter 12: Magic is Might

As August passes slowly on, more and more Death Eaters are hanging out in the square

outside Grimmauld Place. The change in Kreacher is nothing short of amazing. He now cooks

every meal, Grimmauld Place is shining clean, and he treats Harry, Ron, and Hermione with

utmost respect. Grimmauld Place has become like a cozy home to the three of them.

They have spent all their time trying to figure out how they are going to get the locket back from

Umbridge. They have been staking out the Ministry under Harrys Invisibility Cloak, and they

finally have a plan for getting inside. They find out from one of their scouting missions thatSnape has been promoted to Headmaster at Hogwarts.

That evening Harry has another vision from Voldemort, who is looking for a man named

Gregorovitch, but he doesnt know why. All he knows is that Voldemort wants him, and badly.

The day they break into the Ministry is a hectic one. They take Polyjuice Potion and disguise

themselves as Ministry workers to get in. Their plan goes to pot, however, when they are forced

to split up. Ron is asked by a Death Eater (since the Death Eaters already control the Ministry)

to clean up an office since it is flooding in there. After that, Hermione and Harry enter the

elevator to go to the next floors. In one floor, they see, to their shock, Dolores Umbridge.

Chapter 13: The Muggle-Born Registration Committee

They have a much harder time than they thought they would posing as Ministry workers.

Theyre asked questions they dont know the answers to, asked to do things they dont know

how to do, and now that theyve been forced to split up, have no idea how the others are doing

in their quest to find Umbridges office.


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Finally, Harry finds her office but is dismayed to find that the locket is not there. He manages to

find Ron and they both head down to the dungeons, where they know Hermione was forced to

go with Umbridge.

Harry is shocked to see that Umbridge is actually wearing the locket as shes trying poor

Muggle-borns in court. Finally, Harry cant listen to her abuse any longer and he Stupefies

Umbridge and her team. He rescues the poor Muggle-borns that almost surely would have been

sent to Azkaban or even worse, gets the locket, and helps them all escape.

Chapter 14: The Thief

When Harry comes to hes surprised to find them in a forest, and Ron is soaked with blood; he's

been splinched so a big chunk of his shoulder was missing, and Hermione healed the wound

with some dittany. Hermione explains that one of the Death Eaters, Yaxley, grabbed hold of her

just as she was Apparating them back to Grimmauld Place. He was taken along and she

unwittingly let him into Grimmauld Place, which means they couldnt go there. In a split second

she Apparated them out of the house and into the place where they had camped during the

Quidditch World Cup (Harry's fourth year in Hogwarts).

They have to stay in the forest now, since they cant ever go back to Grimmauld Place, so Harry

gets out their tent while Hermione casts protective spells around where they are.

While theyre in the tent they get out the locket and examine it. It feels immensely strange to

them to be holding a piece of Voldemorts soul, and the locket pulses slightly, as if it contains his

heartbeat as well. Harry puts the Horcrux around his own neck to keep it safe and Harry canfeel the metal heart pulsing on his chest, and irregular beat with his own heart.

That night, Harry is starving and dispirited. Hes not as elated as he thought hed be after

stealing the Horcrux. He has no idea how to destroy this one, or where the other Horcruxes

might be. Suddenly, his scar sears with pain and he gets another vision from Voldemort.

Voldemort has found the foreign wand-maker, Gregorovitch, and is torturing him for information

about a thief that stole something from Gregorovitch many years ago. Harry is very surprised to

see this, because he was sure that Voldemort had gone to Ollivander to find out why using a

different wand (to avoid the protection of Harry with the twin cores) didn't work because Lucius'

wand was obliterated by Harry's, when Harry's acted of it's own accord. And so Harry thought

Voldemort wanted to go to Gregorovitch for advice because maybe he was the better

wandmaker, however Voldemort hadn't mentioned anything about the wands to Gregorovitch,

and so Harry was puzzled.

Chapter 15: The Goblins Revenge


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Tempers are flaring high the next day, and Harry cant manage to produce a Patronus, which

has him highly unnerved until Hermione figures out whats wrong. The locket, which theyve

started taking in turns wearing to keep safe, is making them all feel horrible. When Hermione

makes Harry take off the Horcrux he feels so elated, like he can produce a thousand

Patronuses, unlike when he was wearing it.

As time passes they get no closer to figuring out the Horcrux riddle. Food is often scarce, and

Ron especially does not hold up well from being hungry all the time. Hes often argumentative

with Harry and often presents problem after problem without even trying to think of a solution.

They search many of Voldemorts old haunts looking for more Horcruxes, but they never find

any clues. One night, in the middle of a fierce argument stemming from the lack of food between

Ron and Hermione, Harry hears a disturbance outside the tent. They go out to investigate and

discover some goblins, Ted Tonks, and Dean Thomas, their fellow Gryffindor. All, it seems, are

on the run. They hear a good bit of news about whats going on at Hogwarts and they find out

from one of the goblins that the sword of Gryffindor thats hanging in the Headmasters office is

a fake, and because it was almost stolen, it's now hidden in the Lestrange's vault at Gringotts.

Where the real one is, no one knows, and also the goblin says that the real sword is goblin-

made. That night they pull out of the handbag, the portrait of Phineas Nigellus taken from

Harry's room in Grimmauld Place. He tells him that goblin-made products absorb only what

strengthens them, and also the last time the sword was removed from its case was when

Dumbledore had used it to smash a ring. So the sword absorbed the Basilisk venom and

Dumbledore knew that so he used the sword to destroy the Horcrux. The Gryffindor sword iswhat they need to destroy the Horcruxes.

Later, however, Harry and Ron get into another huge row, because Ron thought that they were

getting no-where and he thought that Harry actually knew what he was doing, and so Ron

leaves the quest to go back home.

Chapter 16: Godrics Hollow

The next morning Harry cant believe that Ron has really left them for good. Hermione is

devastated and she cried for weeks after begging Ron not to leave, and so Harry and Hermione

pack up and leave their campsite with heavy hearts. Ron does not show up.

As the days pass, Harry becomes hopeless as the weight of what he still has left to do engulfs

him. They still dont know where the sword is, or where the other Horcruxes are. Harry and

Hermione make no mention of Ron, and their nights are silent and grim.


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One night, weeks later, as Christmas is approaching, they decide to check out Godrics Hollow

and see if they can find any information and clues there. Harry is anxious to visit his home and

his parents' graves, and hes hoping theyll get to talk with Bathilda Bagshot, the magical

historian who was a great friend of Dumbledores. Harry and Hermione talked themselves into

believing Dumbledore wanted them to go to Godric's Hollow, so they went.

When they get to Godrics Hollow a few days later, theydiscover its Christmas Eve. On his

parents' graves are the words: the last enemy to be destroyed is death, and Hermione explains

to Harry, means living after death. But realization hits Harry, that his parents weren't living,

they're gone, they left Harry, and so he cant hold back his tears, and Hermione holds his hand

and magics some Christmas roses to put on their graves.

Chapter 17: Bathildas Secret

When Harry finds his old home, which is still standing, hes surprised that the ruins are even still

there. There is a plaque on the site telling about the death of Lily and James, and how he,

Harry, survived the Killing Curse of Lord Voldemort.

They also are found by Bathilda Bagshot and they follow her into her home, which is very dirty

and smelly. She is very old, and they figure there is no one to take care of her so thats why she

never cleans.

Bathilda takes Harry upstairs alone. Hes convinced that she has the sword to give him, but

before he knows whats happening Bathilda has turned into Voldemorts snake, Nagini! The

snake coils itself around Harry, to keep him there for Voldemort. Hermione comes just in time tosave Harry. Harry knows Voldemort is coming and that the snake was in Bathilda the whole

time, waiting for Harry to come, as Voldemort had known he would, to kill him. He narrowly

escapes the snake, grabs Hermione, and they Apparate moments before Voldemort gets to

them. Harry's scar explodes with pain over Voldemorts rage, and Harry doesnt know whats

happening, or where he is, but somehow hes reliving the night of his parents' murders. Hes

seeing that night as Voldemort saw it, through his eyes.

When he comes to, Hermione tells him the worst news of all. His wand got destroyed back at

Godrics Hollow.

Chapter 18: The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore

Harry is devastated by the loss of his wand, and has no idea how hes supposed to defeat

Voldemort now that his special wand is destroyed.

He finds out from Hermione, however, that the thief that Voldemort keeps seeing, the man who

stole something from him so many years ago, is none other than a very young Gellert


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Grindelwald. He also finds out that Dumbledore was very good friends with the wizard,

Grindewald. Grindewald, Harry knows, was the most famous Dark Wizard of all time until

Voldemort emerged on the scene. Grindewald was all in favor of wizards dominating over

Muggles, and Harry is shocked to find out that, at least when he was younger, Dumbledore

agreed with him; Dumbledore had said everything they were doing was "for the greater good",

and that later became Grindelwald's slogan. They did duel famously later in life, but Harry cant

stop thinking about how little he truly knew Albus Dumbledore. This new information leaves him

feeling hollow and spent, and he wonders if Dumbledore ever truly cared about him at all.

Chapter 19: The Silver Doe

Theyre in the thick of winter, and snow is falling hard and fast in the forests where Harry and

Hermione are hiding. As Harry is on watch one night outside the tent, he sees a silver light in

the forest. He looks closer and sees a silver white doe. It is beautiful, and strangely familiar to

Harry although he cant say why. The Patronus begins to pick her way back into the forest, and

Harry starts to follow her. She leads him to a small frozen pond and disappears. When Harry

looks into the pond, he sees Gryffindors sword deep in the water.

The only way to get it, Harry knows, is to go in physically and pull it out, after all, only a true

Gryffindor could obtain and use the sword. The water is ice cold, and snow is falling. As his

hands close around the hilt, the Horcrux tightens itself on Harry's neck, trying to choke him.

Harry is sure he is going to drown, and is saved by Ron of all people. Ron has come back to the

quest and hes the one, Harry knows, who takes possession of the sword and breaks open the

locket. The locket puts up a fight, however, and when Harry opens it a voice begins speaking

about Rons deepest fears.

Instead of stabbing it straight away, Ron listens, horrified, to his worst fears, that Hermione

really loves Harry and not him, that Ron will always be overshadowed by everyone he knows,

that his mother doesnt really love him. Everything he always secretly thought is voiced aloud

through the locket. Finally, Ron stabs the locket, in fury, with the real sword and its destroyed.

Hermione is alternately overjoyed and furious to see Ron again. She rages at Ron for

abandoning them, and Ron finally tells the story of how he managed to find them again using

Dumbledores Deluminator.

Chapter 20: Xenophilius Lovegood

Hermione does not forgive Ron overnight for leaving them, but Harry is thrilled to have him

back. Hes also excited that they managed to destroy another Horcrux, and hes feeling much

better about their progress.


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Ron also fills him in that theres been a Taboo placed on Voldemorts name. Whoever says his

name instantly gets marked by Death Eaters, which is why theyve been able to find Harry so

easily in the past.

One night Hermione announces that she wants to go see Xeno Lovegood, Lunas father and

editor of The Quibbler. He was wearing Grindewalds sign at Bill and Fleurs wedding, and

Hermione is becoming convinced that the symbol is important somehow. She wants to ask him

about it.

When they get to the Lovegoods' house, they talk Mr. Lovegood into helping them out. He

leaves for a moment to go fetch Luna, and comes back, offering them a drink. He tells them that

the symbol he wore to the wedding is really the sign of the Deathly Hallows.

Chapter 21: The Tale of the Three Brothers

The Deathly Hallows is a childrens tale, but Harry has never heard it. Hermione takes out thebook that Dumbledore left her in his will and reads the entire tale to them. The story is about

three brothers who meet Death on their road late one night. They are each awarded a prize

from Death since they escaped him earlier by not drowning in a dangerous river. The first

brother asks for a wand that will always win duels and allow the owner to escape death. Without

question, Death gives it to him. The second brother asks for something that will be able to recall

others from death. Death picks up a stone and tells the second brother that it now has the

power to bring back the dead. The third brother asks for something that will enable him to hide

from death. Death gives the third brother his Invisibility Cloak.

Xeno tells the three of them that the three objects, the wand, the stone, and the cloak, make up

the Deathly Hallows. Whomever possesses all three will be a master of death. Xeno also tells

them that the Invisibility Cloak is not a common one, but one that will hide the wearer eternally

and not fade with time like most other cloaks. The wand, called the Elder Wand, is also very

special but no one knows where it could possibly be.

The three wander upstairs when Xeno leaves the room and they manage to find Lunas room.

Something is wrong, however. The room hasnt been touched in months, and it doesnt look like

Luna is home at all. When they confront Xeno about it, he tells them that the Ministry has taken

Luna and Xeno has already sent an owl to warn the Ministry that Harry is at his house. All he

wants, he says, is to have his daughter back.

They barely escape the Death Eaters that show up, and Hermione saves them again by

Apparating them out of there.

Chapter 22: The Deathly Hallows


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Theyre extremely worried that Luna has been taken by the Ministry, but dont know what they

can do to help her. Hermione insists that their visit to the Lovegoods' was a waste of time. She

doesnt believe the story of the three brothers at all, but Harry is drawn to the fairy tale. The idea

that he could conquer death and not be killed by Voldemort pulls on his imagination and gives

him hope. He also figures out, however, that this is what Voldemort is searching for. Voldemort

wants the Elder Wand to fight Harry with.

The next week Harry becomes obsessed with the Deathly Hallows. Hes sure that the stone is

somehow hidden in the Snitch that Dumbledore left him, but he still cant figure out how to open

it, and he still doesnt know what the message I open at the close thats written on it means.

Ron and Hermione both feel that Harry needs to be concentrating on the Horcruxes and to

forget about the Deathly Hallows.

One night Ron manages to tune their radio onto Potterwatch, a radio show operated by Fred

and George and Lee and a few others about the anti-Voldemort movement. Theyre thrilled to

hear their voices again, and catch up on the news of whats happening.

After the show, Harry makes the mistake of using Voldemorts name, and suddenly theyre

surrounded by a bunch of wizards.

Chapter 23: Malfoy Manor

Hermione quickly does a spell on Harry to make his face swell up so it looks like hes been

stung by bees. The Snatchers dont recognize him at first, but they quickly realize that he is

Harry Potter. They decide to take him to Voldemort personally, and they bring them all to MalfoyMansion.

Once inside, Narcissa Malfoy makes Draco look closely at Harry to verify that its really him.

Draco doesnt want to look at Harry, and mumbles that it could be him, but hes not sure.

Bellatrix Lestrange sends them all downstairs to the cellar prison while she keeps Hermione up

with her. After the rest of them are locked up, they can hear Hermione being tortured for

information. It is gut wrenching to hear her screams, and they cant figure out a way to help her.

They discover that they are in the dungeon with Luna and Ollivander, the wand-maker, as well

as Dean Thomas and a goblin named Griphook.

In desperation Harry grabs his pouch and out falls a tiny shard of mirror, from which he thinks

he can see Dumbledores eye looking at him. He screams for help and suddenly the eye is

gone. Suddenly, Dobby is in the dungeon with them and Harry cant believe it. Dobby takes all

the prisoners to Bill and Fleurs seaside cottage, and while hes gone, Harry and Ron are left in

the dungeon alone. Suddenly, Wormtail opens the door and they manage to escape. Wormtail


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is strangled to death by his own silver hand when he fails to kill Harry. They rescue Hermione

and Dobby shows up just in time to take them to Bill and Fleurs cottage.

When they get there they are all heartbroken to see that Dobby was stabbed by Bellatrix's knife

just as he was helping them Apparate out. He dies in Harrys arms.

Chapter 24: The Wandmaker

Harry is devastated by Dobbys death, and when he buries him he does so by hand, without

using magic. When they all come out to lay Dobby to rest, they thank him for saving their lives.

After the funeral, Harry questions Griphook the goblin about the sword, which he managed to

escape with. Harry needs Griphook to help him break into Gringotts bank, because he now

thinks that another Horcrux is hidden in Bellatrix Lestranges vault. Griphook tells them hell

think about helping them and let them know when he decides.

Harry also questions the wandmaker, Ollivander, asking him if its possible to fix his broken

wand. Ollivander cannot fix it. Ollivander does tell him, however, that Voldemort really is seeking

the Elder Wand so he can evade death.

Soon after questioning Ollivander, Harry begins to truly understand what hes meant to do. Hes

supposed to destroy the Horcruxes and not go after the Elder Wand. He then has a vision of

what Voldemorts doing. Voldemort is at Hogwarts and has figured out that Dumbledore was the

possessor of the Elder Wand. He breaks open Dumbledores tomb and takes the wand for

himself.

Chapter 25: Shell Cottage

Griphook has finally agreed to help them break into Gringotts. The only hitch is that he wants

Gryffindors sword in return. Harry agrees, but inwardly squirms at the thought of his white lie.

He will give the sword to Griphook, but he doesnt tell him when.

One night Lupin shows up suddenly and announces that he and Tonks have had a boy. Theyve

named him Ted, and the group gets to celebrate for one night. Lupin asks Harry if hell be a

godfather to the baby, and Harry agrees.

Chapter 26: GringottsTheir plan is simple: Go with Griphook with Hermione disguised as Bellatrix Lestrange and get

into her vault that way. Theyve got her wand (Harry stole it during the tussle at Malfoy Mansion)

and even got some of her hair for the Polyjuice Potion.


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When they Apparate into the Leaky Cauldron theyre surprised to see how bad Diagon Alley

looks. There are many more shops dealing in the Dark Arts, and most of the nice ones have

closed down. Altogether, its not a friendly place to be anymore.

Their plan goes reasonably well; Hermione makes a very convincing Bellatrix and with only a

few snags, Griphook manages to get them down to her vault. Its guarded by a half-blind

dragon, but they get past that obstacle fairly easily thanks to Griphook.

Suddenly things start to fall apart. Theyre discovered to be imposters and the treasure in the

vault starts multiplying every time its touched. Harry manages to spot what they came for --

Hufflepuffs cup, which he is sure is a Horcrux, and he just manages to get it before theyre all

crushed to death. Griphook escapes with the sword, and Harry, Hermione, and Ron manage to

get back out of the bank on the back of the half-blind dragon.

Chapter 27: The Final Hiding Place

When the dragon finally gets them down low enough they jump into a lake, somewhere far, far

away from London. Once theyve treated their many injuries they discuss the fact that they lost

the sword they so desperately needed to destroy the Horcrux.

Suddenly Harry has a vision of Voldemort, who just found out that they took the golden cup from

the vault. His rage is apoplectic. He kills just about everyone around him, and he cant believe

Harry knows so much about his past and his Horcruxes. Voldemort now is no longer sure the

rest of his Horcruxes are safe and realizes he must go check on all of them, immediately, to

make sure.

When Harry comes to he realizes that the last physical Horcrux, other than the snake Nagini, is

at Hogwarts. That is where they have to go next, and soon, because Voldemort will be checking

to make sure its safe.

Chapter 28: The Missing Mirror

As soon as they Apparate into Hogsmeade Village a scream rents the air, alerting the Death

Eaters to their presence. Theyre taken in by the barkeep of the Hogs Head, who hides them

from the Death Eaters and makes up an excuse for the alarm going off. Once hes thrown them

off the trail he closes the door and looks Harry, Ron, and Hermione up and down. Harry

suddenly recognizes him as Dumbledores brother. He finds out that Aberforth is the one who

sent Dobby to rescue them when Harry shouted into the mirror.

Aberforth also tells them the truth about Dumbledores past, and agrees to help them get into

Hogwarts. He speaks to the portrait of his dead sister, Ariana. She leaves and brings back none

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Chapter 29: The Lost Diadem

Neville is overjoyed to see them but Harry is horrified at Neville, who looks like he recently got

beat almost to death. Neville leads them through the portrait down a long, dark hallway. Its the

last secret passageway into Hogwarts. As they walk Neville fills them in on whats been

happening at Hogwarts. Its been horrible, and the three cant believe at how different things are

at the school.

When they get there they are surprised to come out in the Room of Requirement. There is a

cheering crowd waiting for them, and theyre all happy to see their old friends again.

Theres an argument, however. Harry knows that they dont have much time , but everyone

wants to help him. He insists they stay behind, and he gets even more panicked when more and

more people start pouring in from the Hogs Head. Luna, Dean, Fred, George, Ginny, Lee

Jordan, Cho Chang all come climbing through. Harry, with some urging from Ron and

Hermione, agrees to let them help. He figures out that theyre looking for Ravenclaws diadem, a

type of crown she wore.

When Luna takes Harry to the Ravenclaw common room to look at a picture of the lost diadem,

theyre met by one of the Death Eater professors, who instantly touches the Dark Mark to alert

Voldemort that they found Harry.

Chapter 30: The Sacking of Severus Snape

They stun the Carrows and begin to tell Professor McGonagall what theyre up to. They tell her

that they must find the lost diadem before Voldemort gets into the castle. McGonagall tells Harrythat she and the others will secure the castle against Voldemort as long as they can so that

Harry can search for the diadem.

As theyre walking through the hall they run into Snape. He and Professor McGonagall duel

fiercely, magic so quick that Harry has never seen the like of it. When the other professors show

up to help McGonagall, Snape jumps out one of the windows to join Voldemort, who is now just

outside the grounds.

The professors immediately begin putting charms and spells all around the castle to hold off

Voldemort.

When Harry gets back to the Room of Requirement hes shocked to see that even more people

have shown up, including Lupin, Kingsley, and Rons whole family. Finally, even Percy shows

up and apologizes to his family, saying that he was a deluded idiot and that hes sorry hes been

such a big prat for so long. His family forgives him instantly, and they all leave to join the battle

together.


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Chapter 31: The Battle of Hogwarts

In the Great Hall teachers and prefects are sneaking the younger students out of the school

before the battle begins.

The Order and the professors have agreed upon a battle plan and start splitting up. Manystudents who are overage have stayed to fight, and theyre all preparing for the battle that will

come soon. The air is tense with expectation and still Harry, who is starting to panic, does not

even know where to begin looking for the diadem.

As he races through the hallways he has a brainwave. Everyone keeps saying the diadem

hasnt been seen by anyone in living memory. That does not, however, include ghosts. He hunts

down Nick, the Gryffindor ghost, and asks him about it. Nick points him towards the Gray Lady,

who is Ravenclaws ghost, and Harry asks her about the diadem. She tells him that she was

Ravenclaws own daughter, and that she was the one who stole the diadem from her mother.

He runs into Hagrid after talking with the Gray Lady, and suddenly he knows exactly where the

diadem is. He realizes he saw it last year in the Room of Requirement, when he went in to hide

his Potions book. Its a tiara, on a stone bust, in that junky old room. He cant believe it.

As hes racing to the Room of Requirement he finally finds Ron and Hermione, who had the

brilliant idea to go down into the Chamber of Secrets and get some basilisk fangs, which is one

of the only other things that can destroy the Horcrux. Hes amazed at their brilliancy. Hermione

has already destroyed the cup.

The battle has begun and they race even harder to get there. When they finally get the Room of

Requirement open, they begin searching for the stone bust that Harry knows the diadem sits on.

Theyre disgusted to find out that Draco Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle are in the room as well.

They begin to duel and Harry just manages to grab the tiara before the piles of junk bury it

forever. The room catches on fire from a spell and they manage to get out, saving Malfoy and

Goyle in the process. Crabbe is burned to death by the Fiendfyre.

After they get out they realize the tiara got destroyed in the magical fire, which makes them

really happy, but suddenly Percy and Fred come into view, dueling with two Death Eaters in the

hallway. Suddenly the wall is blasted open from the outside, and Fred is killed in the explosion.

Chapter 32: The Elder Wand

They have to drag Freds body out the way, and Harry cant permit himself to grieve. The castle

is under serious attack, and the last Horcrux to be destroyed is Voldemorts snake, Nagini.


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Harry allows himself to go into Voldemorts mind, and discovers that hes in the Shrieking

Shack. They throw on the Invisibility Cloak and weave their way through the battle. They make it

to the Whomping Willow and head into the tunnel that leads to the Shrieking Shack.

While they are in there, they hear Snape talking with Voldemort. Voldemort wants to know why

the Elder Wand wont work for him like its supposed to. He cant do the extraordinary magic that

he thought hed be able to, and he blames Snape for th is. Because Snape is the one who killed

Dumbledore, Snape is the wands true owner. He therefore must kill Snape in order for the

wand to work properly, and he does this immediately, with no remorse, setting Nagini on Snape.

Voldemort leaves the shack and the three of them rush in to see Snape dying. Snape, however,

gives Harry one last thing before he is gone for good: he gives him his memories. After that,

Snape tells Harry to look at him. Snape stares at Harry's green eyes before his own eyes fade

away.

Chapter 33: The Princes Tale

Before Harry can even wonder what Snape just gave him, he hears Voldemorts voice magically

magnified. He calls for his forces to retreat, and tells Harry that he has one hour to surrender. If

he doesnt, Lord Voldemort will enter the battle himself, and kill every single person in Hogwarts.

They make their way back up to the castle to think of what to do. All the casualties have been

put in the Great Hall, and Harry is horrified to see how many have lost their lives. Fred, he knew,

but hes shocked to see both Tonks and Lupin there, laid out side by side.

Harry cant breathe, seeing everyone who died for him, and he races away to Dumbledoresoffice. His sadness is too much to handle. He decides to look at Snapes memory to see what

hed been trying to tell him.

What he sees is so shocking that he doesnt even know how to comprehend it. Snape, it turns

out, had been in love with his mother, Lily, since he was a boy. He worshipped her, and even

though he lost her to James, Harrys father, he never stopped caring about her. While Harry was

at Hogwarts Snape did whatever he could to protect him, and it was all done out of love for his

mother.

Harry also sees that last year, after Dumbledore took the ring Horcrux that shriveled his arm, hehad a limited amount of time to live in spite of Snapes best efforts to remove the poison.

Dumbledore knew that Malfoy had been put to the task of killing him, and asked Snape if he

would do it when the time came, since he was dying anyway. Events and memories unfold, and

Harry sees that Snape was loyal, that he always was, and that perhaps he even cared for Harry

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Harry also finds out that a piece of Voldemorts soul is inside him, and has been since he was

an infant and Voldemort tried to kill him. He finds out that he must die in order for Voldemort to

be truly defeated, and Voldemort has to be the one to do it.

Chapter 34: The Forest Again

His heart seems to beat harder, with more vigor, now that he knows he must die. Now that he

knows, he feels more alive than ever, and wonders if it will hurt. As he sits in the office coming

to grips with the fact that he must die, and soon, he knows that he wont duck out. Too many

people have died for him already. No more.

He cant bear to say goodbye to anyone, so he doesnt. He sees Neville on his way out, and

tells him that if something happens to Harry, he must kill Voldemorts snake at all costs.

As he walks across the grounds towards the Forbidden Forest hes flooded with memories of his

time there. Everything is suddenly so precious, and he wishes more than anything that he justhad more time to live his life. He realizes suddenly that the Snitch might open now that he is

about to die, and when he tries it sure enough, it opens. The Resurrection Stone falls out. When

he turns it, his parents, Sirius, and Lupin all appear, ghostly white in the night. They stay with

him as he walks to the middle of the forest to meet his doom.

When he finally finds Voldemort, it only takes a moment. There is a flash of green light, and then

nothing at all.

Chapter 35: Kings Cross

When he opens his eyes he is alone in a bright mist. The more he looks around the more it

looks like hes in some domed room. He thinks that he is in King's Cross. He sees an ugly, small

crying child and before he can do anything about it, Dumbledore appears.

Dumbledore tells Harry that he (Harry) is really not dead, and explains to him that because

Harry let Voldemort kill him, that piece of Voldemort that was inside Harry is now gone. Harry

still doesnt understand why hes not dead, however, and Dumbledore tells him that because

Voldemort used Harrys blood to regenerate himself, Lilys protection is now inside both of them.

His body keeps her sacrifice alive, and its because of this that Harry is still alive.

Dumbledore also tells Harry about the Hallows, and how all this time Harry has had the magical

Cloak from the legend. He explains all about his true past, his duel with Grindelwald, and their

quest to obtain all three Hallows for themselves. He is sad and bitter about his past, but is

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He also tells Harry that he has a choice to stay or go back, and Harry decides to go back.

Before going back, he looks at the child for the last time when Dumbledore tells him to pity the

living, not the dead.

Chapter 36: A Flaw In The Plan

When he opens his eyes again hes back in the forest, facedown on the ground. He hears

Voldemort, who is on the ground as well, telling someone to make sure hes dead. Soft hands

touch his face, and a whisper asking if Draco is alive. He whispers that he is, and Narcissa yells

back to the crowd that Harry is, indeed, dead. Voldemort makes Hagrid carry him back up to the

castle to show everyone that hes dead.

When they reach the grounds all the fighters of Hogwarts come out. Harry is still pretending to

be dead, and his heart hurts to hear their grief for him. As Voldemort tortures Neville for trying to

defy him, several things happen at once. Centaurs flood the grounds, shooting arrows at the

Death Eaters, Grawp comes bursting out of the forest, and Neville manages to slice off Naginis

head with Gryffindors sword, which he pulls out of the Sorting Hat.

A new battle rages on, and Voldemort runs into Hogwarts. Under his cloak, Harry follows him,

intent on ending it for good. The battle is fierce, and Harry winds in and out, determined to get to

Voldemort.

He watches in amazement as Mrs. Weasley kills Bellatrix Lestrange in an epic duel. Voldemort

turns to kill Mrs. Weasley in return, and Harry unveils himself at last. The entire hall erupts in

cheers and then silence as he and Voldemort circle each other, preparing to duel at last.

Harry tells Voldemort many interesting things as they circle each other, and he tries to get him

to feel some remorse for what hes done. Voldemort, of course, doesnt believe anything Harry

tells him, and when the spell is finally cast its over in a moment. Voldemort is dead, and Harry

is left alive, the true master of the Elder Wand.

After its over Harry wants nothing but to be alone. He sneaks out with Ron and Hermione in

order to tell them everything that happened. They go up to Dumbledores office for one last talk

with the Headmasters portrait, and Harry decides to put back the Elder Wand because it

causes more trouble than its worth. Dumbledore, it turns out, agrees with him. Before returningthe Elder Wand, however, Harry uses it one last time to repair his broken wand.

Epilogue: 19 Years Later

Harry and Ginny have arrived at Kings Cross to see their kids off to school. Lily, their daughter,

is not quite old enough, but James and Albus are leaving. Its Albuss first year, and hes very


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nervous that he wont be in Gryffindor like his father. They run into Ron and Hermione, who are

also there dropping their kids off. Everything ends happily ever after.

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