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Dumbledore hadn't even pretended to object to Harry's plan of going after Grendel's mom. He did, however, insist that Harry allow Professors Snape and Trelawney to accompany him, Hermione and Ron. By the first light of dawn, the quintet was ready to set out. Harry asked Snape to bring along some gillyweed in case there was a need to go underwater into the lake to find Grendel's mom. And so, they set out. It was easy to follow the bloody path that Grendel had left back to the lake, and as they reached it Harry realized that he would indeed need to go underwater to fight Grendel's mom.. Removing his shoes and socks Harry readied himself to go underwater. To his surprise he received no objects from his entourage of accompaniers. Snape silently handed Harry the gillyweed which would allow him to breath underwater, and Harry dove into the water after briefly asking Snape to take care of Hermione and Ron if he died.
Harry had barely reached the lake floor when he saw Grendel's mom who tried to make a snatch at him. He narrowly escaped her grip and struggled to pull out his wand to curse her. No sooner had he done this, however, than he realized that his magic could not work underwater. He would have to rely on his own brute strength. Just then out of the corner of his eye he saw something shimmering on his belt. He soon realized what it was, Godric's sword, and pulled it free of its sheathing. With a new burst of confidence he stopped struggling to escape Grendel's mom and turned to wait for her to approach him. She did so quickly, and as she did, he reared back to swing the sword as hard as he could towards her head. It worked. The next thing Harry knew Grendel's mom floated before him, decapitated. Harry was astonished, but instead of hanging around, he seized her head and thrust it on his sword as proof of her death.
Meanwhile, up on the shore the remaining four watched as blood rose to the surface of the water. "That means his certain death," Trelawney stated in near hysterics. She turned quickly to go back down to the castle. Snape looked at the water and then at Trelawney and decided that she was probably right and moved to follow her.
Only Hermione and Ron were left, staring solemnly at the water, when all of a sudden they saw something rise out of the water, a head, on a sword, followed by Harry's head, he was alive! Hermione and Ron rushed into the water to meet him.
"Harry, oh Harry, we feared you were dead! Thank you fate for keeping him safe for us," Hermione proclaimed.
"Great job Harry," Ron said cheerily, clapping Harry on the back.
The three friends walked together back to the castle, it was nearly lunch time and it was time to return to Hogwarts and prove once and for all that it was safe to fall asleep at night.
Dumbledore hadn't even pretended to object to Harry's plan of going after Grendel's mom. He did, however, insist that Harry allow Professors Snape and Trelawney to accompany him, Hermione and Ron. By the first light of dawn, the quintet was ready to set out. Harry asked Snape to bring along some gillyweed in case there was a need to go underwater into the lake to find Grendel's mom. And so, they set out. It was easy to follow the bloody path that Grendel had left back to the lake, and as they reached it Harry realized that he would indeed need to go underwater to fight Grendel's mom.. Removing his shoes and socks Harry readied himself to go underwater. To his surprise he received no objects from his entourage of accompaniers. Snape silently handed Harry the gillyweed which would allow him to breath underwater, and Harry dove into the water after briefly asking Snape to take care of Hermione and Ron if he died.
Harry had barely reached the lake floor when he saw Grendel's mom who tried to make a snatch at him. He narrowly escaped her grip and struggled to pull out his wand to curse her. No sooner had he done this, however, than he realized that his magic could not work underwater. He would have to rely on his own brute strength. Just then out of the corner of his eye he saw something shimmering on his belt. He soon realized what it was, Godric's sword, and pulled it free of its sheathing. With a new burst of confidence he stopped struggling to escape Grendel's mom and turned to wait for her to approach him. She did so quickly, and as she did, he reared back to swing the sword as hard as he could towards her head. It worked. The next thing Harry knew Grendel's mom floated before him, decapitated. Harry was astonished, but instead of hanging around, he seized her head and thrust it on his sword as proof of her death.
Meanwhile, up on the shore the remaining four watched as blood rose to the surface of the water. "That means his certain death," Trelawney stated in near hysterics. She turned quickly to go back down to the castle. Snape looked at the water and then at Trelawney and decided that she was probably right and moved to follow her.
Only Hermione and Ron were left, staring solemnly at the water, when all of a sudden they saw something rise out of the water, a head, on a sword, followed by Harry's head, he was alive! Hermione and Ron rushed into the water to meet him.
"Harry, oh Harry, we feared you were dead! Thank you fate for keeping him safe for us," Hermione proclaimed.
"Great job Harry," Ron said cheerily, clapping Harry on the back.
The three friends walked together back to the castle, it was nearly lunch time and it was time to return to Hogwarts and prove once and for all that it was safe to fall asleep at night.
