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   'Harry Potter; Ron Weasley Hermione Granger;' Harry said very quickly; 'Ginny Weasley; Neville Longbottom; Luna Lovegood: we're here to save someone; unless your Ministry can do it first!'
   
   Thank you;' said the cool female voice。 'Visitors; please take the badges and attach them to the front of your robes。'
   
   Half a dozen badges slid out of the metal chute where returned coins normally appeared。 Hermione scooped them up and handed them mutely to Harry over Ginny's head; he glanced at the topmost one; Harry Potter; Rescue Mission。
   'Visitors to the Ministry; you are required to submit to a search and present your wands for registration at the security desk; which is located at the far end of the Atrium。'
   
   'Fine!' Harry said loudly; as his scar gave another throb。 'Now can we move?'
   
   The floor of the telephone box shuddered and the pavement rose up past its glass windows; the scavenging Thestrals were sliding out of sight; blackness closed over their heads and with a dull grinding noise they sank down into the depths of the Ministry of Magic。
   A chink of soft golden light hit their feet and; widening; rose up their bodies。 Harry bent his knees and held his wand as ready as he could in such cramped conditions as he peered through the glass to see whether anybody was waiting for them in the Atrium; but it seemed to be pletely empty。 The light was dimmer than it had been by day; there were no fires burning under the mantelpieces set into the walls; but as the lift slid smoothly to a halt he saw that golden symbols continued to twist sinuously in the dark blue ceiling。
   The Ministry of Magic wishes you a pleasant evening;' said the woman's voice。
   The door of the telephone box burst open; Harry toppled out of it; closely followed by Neville and Luna。 The only sound in the Atrium was the steady rush of water from the golden fountain; where jets from the wands of the witch and wizard; the point of the centaur's arrow; the tip of the goblin's hat and the house…elf's ears continued to gush into the surrounding pool。
   'e on;' said Harry quietly and the six of them sprinted off down the hall; Harry in the lead; past the fountain towards the desk where the watchwizard who had weighed Harry's wand had sat; and which was now deserted。
   Harry felt sure there ought to be a security person there; sure their absence was an ominous sign; and his feeling of foreboding increased as they passed through the golden gates to the lifts。 He pressed the nearest 'down' button and a lift clattered into sight almost immediately; the golden grilles slid apart with a great; echoing clanking and they dashed inside。 Harry stabbed the number nine button; the grilles closed with a bang and the lift began to descend; jangling and rattling。 Harry had not realised how noisy the lifts were on the day he had e with Mr Weasley; he was sure the din would raise every security person within the building; yet when the lift halted; the cool female voice said; 'Department of Mysteries;' and the grilles slid open。 They stepped out into the corridor where nothing was moving but the nearest torches; flickering in the rush of air from the lift。
   Harry turned towards the plain black door。 After months and months of dreaming about it; he was here at last。
   'Let's go;' he whispered; and he led the way down the corridor; Luna right behind him; gazing around with her mouth slightly open。
   'OK; listen;' said Harry stopping again within six feet of the door。 'Maybe: maybe a couple of people should stay here as a … as a lookout; and …'
   
   'And how're we going to let you know something's ing?' asked Ginny; her eyebrows raised。 'You could be miles away。'
   
   'We're ing with you; Harry;' said Neville。
   'Let's get on with it;' said Ron firmly。
   Harry still did not want to take them all with him; but it seemed he had no choice。 He turned to face the door and walked forwards: just as it had in his dream; it swung open and he marched over the threshold; the others at his heels。
   They were standing in a large; circular room。 Everything in here was black including the floor and ceiling; identical; unmarked; handleless black doors were set at intervals all around the black walls; interspersed with branches of candles whose flames burned blue; their cool; shimmering light reflected in the shining marble floor made it look as though there was dark water underfoot。
   'Someone shut the door;' Harry muttered。
   He regretted giving this order the moment Neville had obeyed it。 Without the long chink of light from the torchlit corridor behind them; the place became so dark that for a moment the only things they could see were the bunches of shivering blue flames on the walls and their ghostly reflections in the floor。
   In his dream; Harry had always walked purposefully across this room to the door immediately opposite the entrance and walked on。 But there were around a dozen doors here。 Just as he was gazing ahead at the doors opposite him; trying to decide which was the right one; there was a great rumbling noise and the candles began to move sideways。 The circular wall was rotating。
   Hermione grabbed Harry's arm as though frightened the floor might move; too; but it did not。 For a few seconds; the blue flames around them were blurred to resemble neon lines as the wall sped around; then; quite as suddenly as it had started; the rumbling stopped and everything became stationary once again。
   Harry's eyes had blue streaks burned into them; it was all he could see。
   'What was that about?' whispered Ron fearfully。
   'I think it was to stop us knowing which door we came in through;' said Ginny in a hushed voice。
   Harry realised at once she was right: he could no sooner identify the exit door than locate an ant on the jet…black floor; and the door through which they needed to proceed could be any one of the dozen surrounding them。
   'How're we going to get back out?' said Neville unfortably。
   'Well; that doesn't matter now;' said Harry forcefully; blinking to try to erase the blue lines from his vision; and clutching his wand tighter than ever; 'we won't need to get out till we've found Sinus …'
   
   'Don't go calling for him; though!' Hermione said urgently; but Harry had never needed her advice less; his instinct was to keep as quiet as possible。
   'Where do we go; then; Harry?' Ron asked。
   'I don't …' Harry began。 He swallowed。 'In the dreams I went through the door at the end of the corridor from the lifts into a dark room … that's this one … and then I went through another door into a room that kind of: glitters。 We should try a few doors;' he said hastily; 'I'll know the right way when I see it。 C'mon。'
   
   He marched straight at the door now facing him; the others following close behind him; set his left hand against its cool; shining surface; raised his wand ready to strike the moment it opened; and pushed。
   It swung open easily。
   After the darkness of the first room; the lamps hanging low on golden chains from this ceiling gave the impression that this long rectangular room was much brighter; though there were no glittering; shimmering lights as Harry had seen in his dreams。 The place was quite empty except for a few desks and; in the very middle of the room; an enormous glass tank of deep green liquid; big enough for all of them to swim in; a number of pearly…white objects were drifting around lazily in it。
   'What're those things?' whispered Ron。
   'Dunno;' said Harry。
   'Are they fish?' breathed Ginny。
   'Aquavirius Maggots!' said Luna excitedly。 'Dad said the Ministry were breeding …'
   
   'No;' said Hermione。 She sounded odd。 She moved forward to look through the side of the tank。 They're brains。'
   
   'Brains?'
   
   'Yes: I wonder what they're doing with them?'
   
   Harry joined her at the tank。 Sure enough; there could be no mistake now he saw them at close quarters。 Glimmering eerily; they drifted in and out of sight in the depths of the green liquid; looking something like slimy cauliflowers。
   'Let's get out of here;' said Harry。 This isn't right; we need to try another door。'
   
   There are doors here; too;' said Ron; pointing around the wa

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