Chapter 10, Halloween. Malfoy couldn't believe his eyes when he saw that Harry and Ron was still at Hogwarts the next day, looking tired but perfectly cheerful.

Indeed, by the next morning, Harry and Ron thought that meeting the three-headed dog had been an excellent adventure, and they were quite keen to have another one.

In the meantime, Harry filled Ron in about

the package that seemed to have been moved from Gringott's to Hogwarts, and they spent a lot of time

wondering what could possibly need such heavy protection. It's either really valuable or really

dangerous, said Ron, Or both, said Harry.

But as all they knew for sure about the mysterious object

was that it was about two inches long,

they didn't have much chance of guessing what it was without further clues.

Neither Neville nor Hermanni showed the slightest interest

in what lay underneath the dog and the trapdoor.

All Neville cared about now was never going near the dog again.

Hermani was now refusing to speak to Harry and Ron,

but she was such a bossy know-it-all that they sought this as an added bonus.

All they really wanted now was a way of getting back at Malfoy,

and to their great delight,

just such a thing arrived in the mail about a week later.

As the owls flooded into the great hall as usual, everyone's attention was caught at once

by a long, thin package carried by six large screech owls.

Harry was just as interested as everyone else to see what was in this

large parcel and was amazed when the owls soared down and dropped it right in front of him,

knocking his bacon to the floor. They had hardly fluttered out of the way when another owl dropped

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