Harry felt a horrible mixture of pity and repulsion; he did not want to hear any more, but Aberforth kept talking,
and Harry wondered how long it had been since he had spoken about this; whether, in fact, he had ever spoken about it
"So that put paid to Albus's trip round the world with little DogeThe pair of 'em came home for my mother's
funeral and then Doge went off on his own, and Albus settled down as head of the familyHa!"
Aberforth spat into the fire
"I'd have looked after her, I told him so, I didn't care about school, I'd have stayed home and done it
He told me I had to finish my education and \ihe'd\i take over from my motherBit of a comedown for MrBrilliant,
there's no prizes for looking after your half-mad sister, stopping her blowing up the house every other dayBut he
did all right for a few weeks
And now a positively dangerous look crept over Aberforth's faceAnd at last, my brother had an \iequal\i to talk to someone just as bright and talented \ihe\i wasAnd
looking after Ariana took a backseat then, while they were hatching all their plans for http://www.enluxury.com/product_365_Chanel-White-and-Black-Cambon-Reporter-Bag.html" target="_blank a new Wizarding order and looking
for Hallows, and whatever else it was they were so interested inGrand plans for the benefit of all Wizardkind, and if one
young girl neglected, what did that matter, when Albus was working for \ithe greater good\i?
"But after a few weeks of it, I'd had enough, I hadIt was nearly time for me to go hack to Hogwarts, so I told 'em,
both of 'em, face-to-face, like I am to you, now," and Aberforth looked downward Harry, and it took a little imagination to
see him as a teenager, wiry and angry, confronting his elder brother"I told him, you'd better give it up nowYou can't move her,
she's in no fit state, you can't take her with you, wherever it is you're planning to go, when you're making your clever speeches,
trying to whip yourselves up a following said Aberforth, and his eyes were briefly occluded by the fireflight on
the lenses of his glasses: They turned white and blind again"Grindelwald didn't like that at allHe told me what a
stupid little boy I was, trying to stand in the way of him and my brilliant brother Didn't I http://www.ualuxury.com/category_27_Chanel-Watches_1.html" target="_blank \iunderstand\i, my poor sister wouldn't
\ihave\i to be hidden once they'd changed the world, and led the wizards out of hiding, and taught the Muggles their place?
"And there was an argument and I pulled my wand, and he pulled out his, and I had the Cruciatus Curse used on
me by my brother's best friend - and Albus was trying to stop him, and then all three of us were dueling, and the flashing lights
and the bangs set her off, she couldn't stand it - "
The color was draining from Aberforth's face as though he had suffered a mortal wound
" - and I think she wanted to help, but she didn't really know what she was doing, and I don't know which of us did it,
it could have been any of us - and she was dead
His voice broke on the last word and he dropped down into the nearest chairHermione's face was wet with tears, and Ron
was almost as pale as AberforthHarry felt nothing but revulsion: He wished he had not heard it, wished he could wash is mind clean of itI'm so sorry," Hermione whispered
"Gone," croaked Aberforth
He wiped his nose on hiss cuff and cleared his throat
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set to his account tooAnd Albus was free, wasn't he? Free of the burden of his sister, free to become the greatest wizard of the - "
"He was never free," said Harry
"I beg your pardon?" said Aberforth"The night that your brother died, he drank a potion that drove him out of his mindHe started screaming,
pleading with someone who wasn't there'Don't hurt them, please ' "
Ron and Hermione were staring at HarryHe had never gone into details about what had happened on the island on the lake:
The events that had taken place after he and Dumbledore had returned to Hogwarts had eclipsed it so thoroughly
"He thought he was back there with you and Grindelwald, I know he did," said Harry, remembering Dumbledore whispering, pleading
"He thought he was watching Grindelwald hurting you and Ariana It was torture to him, if you'd seen him then, you wouldn't say he was free
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that my brother wasn't more interested in the greater good than in you? How can you be sure you aren't dispensable, just like my little sister?"
A shard of ice seemed to pierce Harry's heart
"I don't believe itDumbledore loved Harry," said Hermione
"Why didn't he tell him to hide, then? shot back Aberforth"Why didn't he say to him, 'Take care of yourself, here's how to survive' ?"
"Because," said Harry before Hermione could answer, "sometimes you've \igot\i to think about more than your own safety! Sometimes
you've \igot\i to think about the greater good! This is war!"
"You're seventeen, boy!"
"I'm of age, and I'm going to keep fighting even if you've given up!"
"Who says I've given up?"
"The Order of the Phoenix is finished," Harry repeated, "You-Know-Who's won, it's over, and anyone who's pretending different's kidding
themselves
"I don't say I like it, but it's the truth!"
"No, it isn't"Your brother knew how to finish You-Know-Who and he passed the knowledge on to meI'm going to keep going
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