jkrowling.harrypotterandgf-第124章
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oldemort s feet。。。 he was going to die upright like his father; and he was going to die trying to defend himself; even if no defense was possible。。。
Before Voldemort could stick his snakelike face around the headstone。 Harry stood up 。。。he gripped his wand tightly in his hand; thrust it out in front of him; and threw himself around the headstone; facing Voldemort。
Voldemort was ready。 As Harry shouted; 〃Expelliarmus!〃 Voldemort cried; 〃Avada Kedavra!〃
A jet of green light issued from Voldemorts wand just as a jet of red light blasted from Harry's…they met in midair…and suddenly Harry's wand was vibrating as though an electric charge were surging through it; his hand seized up around it; he couldn't have released it if he'd wanted to…and a narrow beam of light connected the two wands; neither red nor green; but bright; deep gold。 Harry; following the beam with his astonished gaze; saw that Voldemort's long white fingers too were gripping a wand that was shaking and vibrating。
And then…nothing could have prepared Harry for this…he felt his feet lift from the ground。 He and Voldemort were both being raised into the air; their wands still connected by that thread of shimmering golden light。 They glided away from the tombstone of Voldemort's father and then came to rest on a patch of ground that was clear and free of graves。。。 The Death Eaters were shouting; they were asking Voldemort for instructions; they were closing in; reforming the circle around Harry and Voldemort; the snake slithering at their heels; some of them drawing their wands…
The golden thread connecting Harry and Voldemort splintered; though the wands remained connected; a thousand more beams arced high over Harry and Voldemort; crisscrossing all around them; until they were enclosed in a golden; dome…shaped web; a
cage of light; beyond which the Death Eaters circled like jackals; their cries strangely muffled now。。。
〃Do nothing!〃 Voldemort shrieked to the Death Eaters; and Harry saw his red eyes wide with astonishment at what was happening; saw him fighting to break the thread of light still connecting his wand with Harry's; Harry held onto his wand more tightly; with both hands; and the golden thread remained unbroken。 〃Do nothing unless I mand you!〃 Voldemort shouted to the Death Eaters。
And then an unearthly and beautiful sound filled the air。。。 It was ing from every thread of the light…spun web vibrating around Harry and Voldemort。 It was a sound Harry recognized; though he had heard it only once before in his life: phoenix song。
It was the sound of hope to Harry。。。 the most beautiful and wele thing he had ever heard in his life。。。 He felt as though the song were inside him instead of just around him。。。 It was the sound he connected with Dumbledore; and it was almost as though a friend were speaking in his ear。。。
Don't break the connection。
I know。 Harry told the music; I know I mustn't。。。 but no sooner had he thought it; than the thing became much harder to do。 His wand began to vibrate more powerfully than ever。。。 and now the beam between him and Voldemort changed too 。。。it was as though large beads of light were sliding up and down the thread connecting the wands…Harry felt his wand give a shudder under his hand as the light beads began to slide slowly and steadily his way。。。 The direction of the beams movement was now toward him; from Voldemort; and he felt his wand shudder angrily。。。
As the closest bead of light moved nearer to Harrys wand tip; the wood beneath his fingers grew so hot he feared it would burst into flame。 The closer that bead moved; the harder Harry's wand vibrated; he was sure his wand would not survive contact with it; it felt as though it was about to shatter under his fingers…
He concentrated every last particle of his mind upon forcing the bead back toward Voldemort; his ears full of phoenix song; his eyes furious; fixed。。。 and slowly; very slowly; the beads quivered to a halt; and then; just as slowly; they began to move the other way。。。 and it was Voldemort's wand that was vibrating extra…hard now。。。 Voldemort who looked astonished; and almost fearful。。。
One of the beads of light was quivering; inches from the tip of Voldemorts wand。 Harry didn't understand why he was doing it; didn't know what it might achieve。。。 but he now concentrated as he had never done in his life on forcing that bead of light right back into Voldemort s wand。。。 and slowly。。。 very slowly 。。。it moved along the golden thread 。。。it trembled for a moment。。。 and then it connected。。。
At once; Voldemorts wand began to emit echoing screams of pain。。。 then…Voldemort's red eyes widened with shock…a dense; smoky hand flew out of the tip of it and vanished。。。 the ghost of the hand he had made Wormtail。。。 more shouts of pain。。。 and then something much larger began to blossom from Voldemorts wand tip; a great; grayish something; that looked as though it were made of the solidest; densest smoke。。。 It was a head。。。 now a chest and arms。。。 the torso of Cedric Diggory。
If ever Harry might have released his wand from shock; it would have been then; but instinct kept him clutching his wand tightly; so that the thread of golden light remained unbroken; even though the thick gray ghost of Cedric Diggory (was it a ghost? it looked so
solid) emerged in its entirety from the end of Voldemort s wand; as though it were squeezing itself out of a very narrow tunnel。。。 and this shade of Cedric stood up; and looked up and down the golden thread of light; and spoke。
〃Hold on。 Harry;〃 it said。
Its voice was distant and echoing。 Harry looked at Voldemort 。。。his wide red eyes were still shocked 。。。he had no more expected this than Harry had。。。 and; very dimly。 Harry heard the frightened yells of the Death Eaters; prowling around the edges of the golden dome。。
More screams of pain from the wand。。。 and then something else emerged from its tip 。。。the dense shadow of a second head; quickly followed by arms and torso 。。。an old man Harry had seen only in a dream was now pushing himself out of the end of the wand just as Cedric had done。。。 and his ghost; or his shadow; or whatever it was; fell next to Cedric's; and surveyed Harry and Voldemort; and the golden web; and the connected wands; with mild surprise; leaning on his walking stick。。。
〃He was a real wizard; then?〃 the old man said; his eyes on Voldemort。 〃Killed me; that one did。。。 You fight him; boy。。。〃
But already; yet another head was emerging 。。。and this head; gray as a smoky statue; was a woman's。。。 Harry; both arms shaking now as he fought to keep his wand still; saw her drop to the ground and straighten up like the others; staring。。。
The shadow of Bertha Jorkins surveyed the battle before her with wide eyes。
〃Don't let go; now!〃 she cried; and her voice echoed like Cedrics as though from very far away。 〃Don't let him get you; Harry…don't let go!〃
She and the other two shadowy figures began to pace around the inner walls of the golden web; while the Death Eaters flitted around the outside of it。。。 and Voldemort's dead victims whispered as they circled the duelers; whispered words of encouragement to Harry; and hissed words Harry couldn't hear to Voldemort。
And now another head was emerging from the tip of Voldemorts wand。。。 and Harry knew when he saw it who it would be 。。。he knew; as though he had expected it from the moment when Cedric had appeared from the wand。。。 knew; because the man appearing was the one he'd thought of more than any other tonight。。。
The smoky shadow of a tall man with untidy hair fell to the ground as Bertha had done; straightened up; and looked at him。。。 and Harry; his arms shaking madly now; looked back into the ghostly face of his father。
〃Your mother's ing。。。〃 he said quietly。 〃She wants to see you 。。。it will be all right。。。 hold on。。。〃
And she came。。。 first her head; then her body。。。 a young woman with long hair; the smoky; shadowy form of Lily Potter blossomed from the end of Voldemort's wand; fell to the ground; and straightened like her husband。 She walked close to Harry; looking down at him; and she spoke in the same distant; echoing voice as the others; but quietly; so that Voldemort; his face now livi