CHAPTER TWELVE: An unusual night
Everyone went to sleep. Harry had one more night to spend as a ghost.
He really wanted to visit the Hogwarts castle. He wanted to see what remained of it. The Hogsmeade Village was very small and he knew it by heart. The Hogwarts castle could be seen at a short distance from the place where he was. There were no lights inside the castle. Everything was dark.
Harry decided to go to see it, so he flew as fast as he could towards it. As Harry was approaching the castle, he could see many unusual things.
The Whomping Willow stood as usual, but it looked as if it fought a lot. It seemed tired. The branches were not standing as usually high in the air. They were low and on some were pieces of blood.
The highest towers were no more... All that remained of the astronomy tower were some big stone walls lying on the grass. It collapsed. In the walls were many different-sized holes and some small parts of the walls were destroyed.
Harry entered through the walls inside it... He knew where he would stop - the Great Hall.
It looked quite intact. The large tables were nowhere to be seen but the walls seemed untouched. The ceiling was as usual - it looked as the sky outside.
After Harry explored the castle Harry saw that the Great Hall was the only room untouched. From the entrance Hall Harry could see the sky through some big parts of the walls missing. The stairs weren't as before, too. Then Harry went to the staircases that lead to the upper floors. He was lucky to be a ghost. Entire staircases were missing... Voldemort did a good job there, too. After that he visited some of the classrooms. They were almost normal, only a few holes in the wall, probably created by attacking from outside.
Harry saw that none of the paintings were there. All of them were taken. Where the Fat Lady was before could be seen just an empty frame. Then Harry proceeded to the Gryffindor tower.
From it could be seen the sky too. The tower was attacked, too. Harry thought that Voldemort was a slytherin and slytherins have their opposites, gryffindors. He wondered if the slytherin dungeons were attacked too. He left the gryffindor tower immediately. And he went to the slytherin common room.
After flying some time and looking stunned at what remained of the staircases and how empty the walls were without the pictures, he found himself in the slytherin common room.
He was there once before. In his second year he wanted to spy on Malfoy by transforming himself and Ron into Crabbe and Goyle. And he was right. The dungeons seemed intact. And the chairs were in place too. Those were the only chairs Harry had seen inside the castle that night.
There was a small crack from one corner of the room... A dark, small figure moved in the darkness. It was a human shape.
"Who are you?" asked Harry. He flew towards the person who did not answer. "Who are you?" asked Harry again.
The person started running. He hid his face by turning his head to the opposite of Harry. Then he entered a door.
Harry knew what to do. He wanted to know who was the person who was sneaking in the castle after it was destroyed. The door was closed with a loud bang. Harry flew towards it.
He was in a spiral staircase that lead to a lower level. That had to lead to the bedrooms. And with that Harry stopped. There had to be seven bedrooms. Which one to see?
Then Harry remembered that he was a ghost. He could inspect all of them in a short fly. The first door was on the left. Harry entered through it and he was in a small circular room. On the door said it was the bedroom of the first years. And it was empty.
Harry entered through a wall where he guessed the next room was and after a cold flying he was in another empty room. Then another. And entering through the wall of the next room, he found himself outside.
Back to the castle, he tried all the other rooms. He moved like a normal man, through the doors not walls. All the rooms were empty - or at least looked like empty.
He went to the common room expecting to see the person there. And he saw a white thing flying... it was Nearly-Headless Nick.
"Hey, Harry!" he said.
"Hello, Nick."
"It was you... I heard someone moving in here and I thought it may be a wizard."
"Hmm... I think it was a wizard. I saw one - he entered that door." Harry pointed to the door that lead to the boys dormitories. "I think he is still in there."
"Let's go!"
"I searched once..."
"We will search again. And this time look more attentively."
Harry nodded and did exactly what Nick said. They both searched the rooms. Harry tried the ones on the left of the staircase and Nick, the ones on the right.
The first room was indeed, empty. Harry searched it very attentively. He thought he did not miss any object in that room. Every part was searched. Then he moved to the second room... It was the same. Then the third. Empty, too. But then Harry heard someone running on the stairs.
Harry quickly flew outside that room. The wizard was there indeed. He tried to run.
"You can't hide from a ghost!" said Harry. "Show yourself!" But the person did not stop. He reached the door to the common room, and opened it. "What a coward!" said Harry. The person stopped.
"A coward? Me?" asked the person. Harry knew the voice, even that he hadn't heard it for a long time. It was Draco Malfoy. "I will not chicken to a ghost!"
"You already did, Malfoy!" said Harry. Malfoy was looking straight at Harry, with a delight on his face.
"I did? Look at you! You dared to threaten My Lord, and look what became of you!" Malfoy came closer to Harry... And Harry took the advantage. He just waited for Malfoy to come closer... "You are just a ghost... No longer a wizard! My Lord has accomplished his mission, he had proven who is stronger!" He moved towards Harry... "Good", thought Harry. "Come closer!" "Potter, have you lost your voice?"
Then Harry did what he wanted to do: he gathered some energy in his fist and hit Malfoy in the face. He was pushed back and fell to the ground.
"Voldemort will never have more magic that me." said Harry. He knew that Voldemort was not a mago-wizard...
"Oh Potter, this is wrong... and he proved it." Malfoy said while standing up again. "He proved that he has more magic in him than you!"
"Then, Malfoy... Explain then why I became a ghost when I died and he didn't?" Harry felt quite annoyed. He wanted to find something to beat up Malfoy... something better than fists. "Well, he has no special powers in him. He is just a thief! And one who doesn't dare to fight himself... only by sending his supporters!"
"Potty, Potty. You are always wrong... He dared to kill you himself didn't he? And he attacked several houses by himself... Especially that he attacked Hogwarts!"
Harry remained with no words to say. He had to find something, quick... Or Malfoy would start laughing at him.
The wind was quite strong outside. The stars could not be seen because of the clouds. The wind did the only sound that could be heard. Malfoy stood delighted. Then something came to Harry's mind.
"Well, at least he was beaten by Dumbledore!"
"Dumbledore? My Lord could kill him at anytime -"
"Then why didn't he?" asked Harry. He knew that Malfoy was now wrong... "Voldemort would take any chance to kill Dumbledore!"
"No, Potter... It certainly wasn't Dumbledore... And we know what it is... And you know it too... It was another type of energy. Another type of magic. My Lord told us everything. These magi..." He stopped talking. He was looking outside a window. Then Harry wanted to hit him another time... It could be lots of fun.
Harry looked outside the window too. The clouds were even darker than before. Then Harry didn't know what de did... He acted as controlled by another brain... He heard the wind that made a loud noise. Then, a shiny silvery beam shout out of Harry's hands. It hit Malfoy, who was stunned.
Then wind stopped... completely. Harry did a strong magic... and he was a ghost. That had to remain in history forever. Harry flew close to Malfoy, who was lying unconscious on the floor. What spell Harry shot, he couldn't know.
Then a white thing entered the room. It was Nearly-Headless Nick.
"Nowhere to be seen, Harry" he said. "What?" he asked when he saw that Harry didn't say anything.
Harry looked at Nick. He was really confused. "I found him... and he is right near us." Harry looked at Malfoy... he was still unconscious.
"Malfoy? Draco Malfoy? What is he doing here? And... How did he knock himself out?"
Harry didn't know what to answer. Both of the questions were yet unanswered. "I don't know... I just looked out through the window... Then... I don't know how I did it... Some magic... It hit him and he fell..."
Nick could not find words. He looked even more confused than before. "Magic? A ghost to use spells?"
"Yes..." said Harry while looking at Malfoy. Then he had a strange desire to punch him again... And he did it. "He deserves it! I am sorry they did not resurrect me yet... Malfoy was dead."
"Harry, now... Killing someone isn't just a game or joke..."
"You mean, I cannot kill a Death Eater?" Harry looked at Malfoy. He saw that he had the Dark Mark on his hand... He certainly was a death Eater. "But... what was that spell?"
"I don't know... No other ghost did something as that before. I think it was a kruvlux spell. Magi often used it... As you know I was a mago-wizard. I didn't, because I had better magic in me."
"Now let's do something about Malfoy... We will wait until he will be back to normal."
"You do not have to wait" said Malfoy, standing on his feet. "I know what to do now... Where are the ghywools when you need them?"
Harry saw Nick being frightened. He wondered if he should be scared too. But he wasn't... Nothing what Malfoy said could frighten Harry. Then Malfoy turned to Harry. "Pity I cannot kill you while in a ghost form... I would had done it with pleasure."
"Dream of it!" said Harry. "Soon enough you will see the consequences of joining Voldemort!"
"Never, Potter. I will be his most faithful servant... After what you did to my father, you will have to pay... And then we will see who will laugh! He will do his job well... After moving his base from the Riddle House to the Drumstrang castle!" Then he suddenly out his hands over his mouth. He wasn't allowed to say that... Now Voldemort had no chances. Harry knew where his base was.
Then the wind was noisy again. Was it another spell of Harry's?
A green and yellow smoky sphere was created in front of Malfoy. It emitted a loud noise, even louder than the wind.
"Malfoy, you traitor!" said the cold voice of Lord Voldemort. "You told them where I have my base!"
"S-Sorry, Master... I-I...The...It w-was -- mistake... I swear - I didn't w-want... to do it!"
"Quiet! There is no excuse for that. You have failed me... again! You are just like your father! Potter... How is it to be dead? I am quite glad that you are like that. I would like to see you so."
Then on the sphere apparated Lord Voldemort. He was looking delighted at Harry. Then he suddenly turned to Malfoy.
"Now you, idiot... Come with me!"
"No, Mas- please... no, have mercy..."
Voldemort took Malfoy in his arms and he was heading towards the sphere in the middle. "I do not admit failure! And I have no mercy with those who fail! I did not send you for that. I just wanted you to find that cursed object!"
Harry was looking at them attentively. Maybe Voldemort said what object had Malfoy to find.
Malfoy was still asking Voldemort to have mercy. Harry enjoyed it a lot. He had never seen Malfoy like that. "STOP THAT!" shouted Voldemort at Malfoy, who shut up. "Come on... I hope you will be a good guard of my plans... If you will fail that, too, they will kill us all!"
With that they entered the green smoke and they were gone. The wind stopped too. It was quiet again. Both Harry and Nick were thinking of what they heard... about what happened. Voldemort attacked Hogwarts - probably accompanied by a swarm of Death Eaters and then Malfoy was looking for something... And Voldemort had his base on the Drumstrang castle! There he had some plans that if the light side found, Voldemort will have no chance...
He didn't say what Malfoy was looking for, but he said some very important things. They had to find the plans or whatever they were.
The door to the slytherin common room swung open. Dumbledore and another two persons stepped inside. They certainly ran to the castle. All of them were quite tired.
"Harry! I heard something..." Dumbledore said.
Harry started explaining what happened. He said how he saw someone, how he met Hick, about realizing it was Malfoy, the talking, Voldemort... And then the conclusion... about the plans and the new base. Dumbledore didn't look surprised at all.
"Well, it is time."
Harry was confused. He gave a strange look to Dumbledore.
"We will raise Harry this night. Oh, by the way, I've got his body..."
"How did you find it?" asked one of the other persons. Harry realized it was Erised.
"Oh... It doesn't matter now. Come outside... We'd better do it on the hogwarts grounds... They have a very strong magic in the air... and it will be helpful. Erised? Chalcrad? Ready?"
"Yes, sir. Let's go." All of them went outside. Nick left to Hogsmeade.
"So, you know what we have to do... Foccus!" a jet of fire was created from Dumbledore's wand. "Erised?" He put the crystal of the magi in the fire. "Adu puterea magica. Creaza un element de foc care va renaste fantoma aceasta cu ajutorul celor doua obiecte." Then Chalcrad started an enchantment, too. Harry could not distinguish what they said. He couldn't understand it anyway.
The fire turned green and the crystal was purple. The fire grew higher. "Fereto!" said Dumbledore while Erised did a spell that turned the fire back to its normal color. Harry was watching them.
Chalcrad took from his robes a shiny, glowing object... Harry recognized it as the necklace of the DragonTeeth. He put it slowly around the crystal, which was red as the fire. He pointed his hand to the fire that was now burning in the middle of the crystal. The necklace and crystal were now united. It was a crystal with teeth. The fire burned only in the interior. It turned cyan. Then, suddenly, all three persons surrounding the fire moved back. The crystal was floating in midair. It grew bigger... Then it was a large, cyan spherical object made of a kind of gas.
"Erised!" said Dumbledore. "Take Harry's body and move it to the center of the gas ball!"
He did so and the body remained floating in midair.
"Harry... Go... Go to your body!"
He listened. That was one thing he had to do... at the moment. He flew quite slow to his body. He almost regretted flying... He liked it. And he was the only ghost that did magic!
He stood exactly in the same place as his body. "Don't move!" he heard Dumbledore saying. The noise was growing louder... A wind blowed strong... Harry closed his eyes. He was still in midair, floating...
Everyone went to sleep. Harry had one more night to spend as a ghost.
He really wanted to visit the Hogwarts castle. He wanted to see what remained of it. The Hogsmeade Village was very small and he knew it by heart. The Hogwarts castle could be seen at a short distance from the place where he was. There were no lights inside the castle. Everything was dark.
Harry decided to go to see it, so he flew as fast as he could towards it. As Harry was approaching the castle, he could see many unusual things.
The Whomping Willow stood as usual, but it looked as if it fought a lot. It seemed tired. The branches were not standing as usually high in the air. They were low and on some were pieces of blood.
The highest towers were no more... All that remained of the astronomy tower were some big stone walls lying on the grass. It collapsed. In the walls were many different-sized holes and some small parts of the walls were destroyed.
Harry entered through the walls inside it... He knew where he would stop - the Great Hall.
It looked quite intact. The large tables were nowhere to be seen but the walls seemed untouched. The ceiling was as usual - it looked as the sky outside.
After Harry explored the castle Harry saw that the Great Hall was the only room untouched. From the entrance Hall Harry could see the sky through some big parts of the walls missing. The stairs weren't as before, too. Then Harry went to the staircases that lead to the upper floors. He was lucky to be a ghost. Entire staircases were missing... Voldemort did a good job there, too. After that he visited some of the classrooms. They were almost normal, only a few holes in the wall, probably created by attacking from outside.
Harry saw that none of the paintings were there. All of them were taken. Where the Fat Lady was before could be seen just an empty frame. Then Harry proceeded to the Gryffindor tower.
From it could be seen the sky too. The tower was attacked, too. Harry thought that Voldemort was a slytherin and slytherins have their opposites, gryffindors. He wondered if the slytherin dungeons were attacked too. He left the gryffindor tower immediately. And he went to the slytherin common room.
After flying some time and looking stunned at what remained of the staircases and how empty the walls were without the pictures, he found himself in the slytherin common room.
He was there once before. In his second year he wanted to spy on Malfoy by transforming himself and Ron into Crabbe and Goyle. And he was right. The dungeons seemed intact. And the chairs were in place too. Those were the only chairs Harry had seen inside the castle that night.
There was a small crack from one corner of the room... A dark, small figure moved in the darkness. It was a human shape.
"Who are you?" asked Harry. He flew towards the person who did not answer. "Who are you?" asked Harry again.
The person started running. He hid his face by turning his head to the opposite of Harry. Then he entered a door.
Harry knew what to do. He wanted to know who was the person who was sneaking in the castle after it was destroyed. The door was closed with a loud bang. Harry flew towards it.
He was in a spiral staircase that lead to a lower level. That had to lead to the bedrooms. And with that Harry stopped. There had to be seven bedrooms. Which one to see?
Then Harry remembered that he was a ghost. He could inspect all of them in a short fly. The first door was on the left. Harry entered through it and he was in a small circular room. On the door said it was the bedroom of the first years. And it was empty.
Harry entered through a wall where he guessed the next room was and after a cold flying he was in another empty room. Then another. And entering through the wall of the next room, he found himself outside.
Back to the castle, he tried all the other rooms. He moved like a normal man, through the doors not walls. All the rooms were empty - or at least looked like empty.
He went to the common room expecting to see the person there. And he saw a white thing flying... it was Nearly-Headless Nick.
"Hey, Harry!" he said.
"Hello, Nick."
"It was you... I heard someone moving in here and I thought it may be a wizard."
"Hmm... I think it was a wizard. I saw one - he entered that door." Harry pointed to the door that lead to the boys dormitories. "I think he is still in there."
"Let's go!"
"I searched once..."
"We will search again. And this time look more attentively."
Harry nodded and did exactly what Nick said. They both searched the rooms. Harry tried the ones on the left of the staircase and Nick, the ones on the right.
The first room was indeed, empty. Harry searched it very attentively. He thought he did not miss any object in that room. Every part was searched. Then he moved to the second room... It was the same. Then the third. Empty, too. But then Harry heard someone running on the stairs.
Harry quickly flew outside that room. The wizard was there indeed. He tried to run.
"You can't hide from a ghost!" said Harry. "Show yourself!" But the person did not stop. He reached the door to the common room, and opened it. "What a coward!" said Harry. The person stopped.
"A coward? Me?" asked the person. Harry knew the voice, even that he hadn't heard it for a long time. It was Draco Malfoy. "I will not chicken to a ghost!"
"You already did, Malfoy!" said Harry. Malfoy was looking straight at Harry, with a delight on his face.
"I did? Look at you! You dared to threaten My Lord, and look what became of you!" Malfoy came closer to Harry... And Harry took the advantage. He just waited for Malfoy to come closer... "You are just a ghost... No longer a wizard! My Lord has accomplished his mission, he had proven who is stronger!" He moved towards Harry... "Good", thought Harry. "Come closer!" "Potter, have you lost your voice?"
Then Harry did what he wanted to do: he gathered some energy in his fist and hit Malfoy in the face. He was pushed back and fell to the ground.
"Voldemort will never have more magic that me." said Harry. He knew that Voldemort was not a mago-wizard...
"Oh Potter, this is wrong... and he proved it." Malfoy said while standing up again. "He proved that he has more magic in him than you!"
"Then, Malfoy... Explain then why I became a ghost when I died and he didn't?" Harry felt quite annoyed. He wanted to find something to beat up Malfoy... something better than fists. "Well, he has no special powers in him. He is just a thief! And one who doesn't dare to fight himself... only by sending his supporters!"
"Potty, Potty. You are always wrong... He dared to kill you himself didn't he? And he attacked several houses by himself... Especially that he attacked Hogwarts!"
Harry remained with no words to say. He had to find something, quick... Or Malfoy would start laughing at him.
The wind was quite strong outside. The stars could not be seen because of the clouds. The wind did the only sound that could be heard. Malfoy stood delighted. Then something came to Harry's mind.
"Well, at least he was beaten by Dumbledore!"
"Dumbledore? My Lord could kill him at anytime -"
"Then why didn't he?" asked Harry. He knew that Malfoy was now wrong... "Voldemort would take any chance to kill Dumbledore!"
"No, Potter... It certainly wasn't Dumbledore... And we know what it is... And you know it too... It was another type of energy. Another type of magic. My Lord told us everything. These magi..." He stopped talking. He was looking outside a window. Then Harry wanted to hit him another time... It could be lots of fun.
Harry looked outside the window too. The clouds were even darker than before. Then Harry didn't know what de did... He acted as controlled by another brain... He heard the wind that made a loud noise. Then, a shiny silvery beam shout out of Harry's hands. It hit Malfoy, who was stunned.
Then wind stopped... completely. Harry did a strong magic... and he was a ghost. That had to remain in history forever. Harry flew close to Malfoy, who was lying unconscious on the floor. What spell Harry shot, he couldn't know.
Then a white thing entered the room. It was Nearly-Headless Nick.
"Nowhere to be seen, Harry" he said. "What?" he asked when he saw that Harry didn't say anything.
Harry looked at Nick. He was really confused. "I found him... and he is right near us." Harry looked at Malfoy... he was still unconscious.
"Malfoy? Draco Malfoy? What is he doing here? And... How did he knock himself out?"
Harry didn't know what to answer. Both of the questions were yet unanswered. "I don't know... I just looked out through the window... Then... I don't know how I did it... Some magic... It hit him and he fell..."
Nick could not find words. He looked even more confused than before. "Magic? A ghost to use spells?"
"Yes..." said Harry while looking at Malfoy. Then he had a strange desire to punch him again... And he did it. "He deserves it! I am sorry they did not resurrect me yet... Malfoy was dead."
"Harry, now... Killing someone isn't just a game or joke..."
"You mean, I cannot kill a Death Eater?" Harry looked at Malfoy. He saw that he had the Dark Mark on his hand... He certainly was a death Eater. "But... what was that spell?"
"I don't know... No other ghost did something as that before. I think it was a kruvlux spell. Magi often used it... As you know I was a mago-wizard. I didn't, because I had better magic in me."
"Now let's do something about Malfoy... We will wait until he will be back to normal."
"You do not have to wait" said Malfoy, standing on his feet. "I know what to do now... Where are the ghywools when you need them?"
Harry saw Nick being frightened. He wondered if he should be scared too. But he wasn't... Nothing what Malfoy said could frighten Harry. Then Malfoy turned to Harry. "Pity I cannot kill you while in a ghost form... I would had done it with pleasure."
"Dream of it!" said Harry. "Soon enough you will see the consequences of joining Voldemort!"
"Never, Potter. I will be his most faithful servant... After what you did to my father, you will have to pay... And then we will see who will laugh! He will do his job well... After moving his base from the Riddle House to the Drumstrang castle!" Then he suddenly out his hands over his mouth. He wasn't allowed to say that... Now Voldemort had no chances. Harry knew where his base was.
Then the wind was noisy again. Was it another spell of Harry's?
A green and yellow smoky sphere was created in front of Malfoy. It emitted a loud noise, even louder than the wind.
"Malfoy, you traitor!" said the cold voice of Lord Voldemort. "You told them where I have my base!"
"S-Sorry, Master... I-I...The...It w-was -- mistake... I swear - I didn't w-want... to do it!"
"Quiet! There is no excuse for that. You have failed me... again! You are just like your father! Potter... How is it to be dead? I am quite glad that you are like that. I would like to see you so."
Then on the sphere apparated Lord Voldemort. He was looking delighted at Harry. Then he suddenly turned to Malfoy.
"Now you, idiot... Come with me!"
"No, Mas- please... no, have mercy..."
Voldemort took Malfoy in his arms and he was heading towards the sphere in the middle. "I do not admit failure! And I have no mercy with those who fail! I did not send you for that. I just wanted you to find that cursed object!"
Harry was looking at them attentively. Maybe Voldemort said what object had Malfoy to find.
Malfoy was still asking Voldemort to have mercy. Harry enjoyed it a lot. He had never seen Malfoy like that. "STOP THAT!" shouted Voldemort at Malfoy, who shut up. "Come on... I hope you will be a good guard of my plans... If you will fail that, too, they will kill us all!"
With that they entered the green smoke and they were gone. The wind stopped too. It was quiet again. Both Harry and Nick were thinking of what they heard... about what happened. Voldemort attacked Hogwarts - probably accompanied by a swarm of Death Eaters and then Malfoy was looking for something... And Voldemort had his base on the Drumstrang castle! There he had some plans that if the light side found, Voldemort will have no chance...
He didn't say what Malfoy was looking for, but he said some very important things. They had to find the plans or whatever they were.
The door to the slytherin common room swung open. Dumbledore and another two persons stepped inside. They certainly ran to the castle. All of them were quite tired.
"Harry! I heard something..." Dumbledore said.
Harry started explaining what happened. He said how he saw someone, how he met Hick, about realizing it was Malfoy, the talking, Voldemort... And then the conclusion... about the plans and the new base. Dumbledore didn't look surprised at all.
"Well, it is time."
Harry was confused. He gave a strange look to Dumbledore.
"We will raise Harry this night. Oh, by the way, I've got his body..."
"How did you find it?" asked one of the other persons. Harry realized it was Erised.
"Oh... It doesn't matter now. Come outside... We'd better do it on the hogwarts grounds... They have a very strong magic in the air... and it will be helpful. Erised? Chalcrad? Ready?"
"Yes, sir. Let's go." All of them went outside. Nick left to Hogsmeade.
"So, you know what we have to do... Foccus!" a jet of fire was created from Dumbledore's wand. "Erised?" He put the crystal of the magi in the fire. "Adu puterea magica. Creaza un element de foc care va renaste fantoma aceasta cu ajutorul celor doua obiecte." Then Chalcrad started an enchantment, too. Harry could not distinguish what they said. He couldn't understand it anyway.
The fire turned green and the crystal was purple. The fire grew higher. "Fereto!" said Dumbledore while Erised did a spell that turned the fire back to its normal color. Harry was watching them.
Chalcrad took from his robes a shiny, glowing object... Harry recognized it as the necklace of the DragonTeeth. He put it slowly around the crystal, which was red as the fire. He pointed his hand to the fire that was now burning in the middle of the crystal. The necklace and crystal were now united. It was a crystal with teeth. The fire burned only in the interior. It turned cyan. Then, suddenly, all three persons surrounding the fire moved back. The crystal was floating in midair. It grew bigger... Then it was a large, cyan spherical object made of a kind of gas.
"Erised!" said Dumbledore. "Take Harry's body and move it to the center of the gas ball!"
He did so and the body remained floating in midair.
"Harry... Go... Go to your body!"
He listened. That was one thing he had to do... at the moment. He flew quite slow to his body. He almost regretted flying... He liked it. And he was the only ghost that did magic!
He stood exactly in the same place as his body. "Don't move!" he heard Dumbledore saying. The noise was growing louder... A wind blowed strong... Harry closed his eyes. He was still in midair, floating...