After that Harry went to find the other three. When he got there he was still out of it a little.
"Did you and Ginny do it then? You know, hide the book?" Ron said.
"What? Oh, yeah." he said.
They saw Slughorn walk by.
"Still no luck with Slughorn huh?"
Harry and Tracey looked at each other.
"Luck! That's what we can use!" Tracey said.
"Liquid Luck!" Harry and Tracey said together.
So they headed to the common room and sat down.
Then Harry swallowed it and the other three looked at him.
"Well, how do you feel?" Tracey asked.
"Excellent, really excellent!" he said.
"Remember, Slughorn usually leaves early, goes for a walk and then goes back to his office." Hermione said.
"Right. I'm going to visit Hagrid." he said.
"What? No Harry we've got to speak to Slughorn!" Hermione said.
"I know but I have a really good feeling that we need to go see him. You understand?"
"No." the three said.
"Well trust me, I know what I'm doing. Or, Felix does."
So started to leave and Tracey stood up.
"I'm going with him." she said.
Ron and Hermione nodded and she hurried over to him.
'Slow down! I'm coming to, Dumbledore wants us to do it together.' Tracey said.
'Alright.' Harry said back and stopped.
When she got there they started to head to Hagrid's.
When they were close to his hut they saw Slughorn at Professor Sprout's plants. They looked at each other and walked over to him.
When they got there they made him jump.
"Ahh! Oh, Harry, Tracey, I thought you were Professor Sprout." he said.
"Sorry about that sir. We should have coughed before we did that." Harry said.
"You probably thought we were Professor Sprout. Definitely." Tracey said.
"What makes you think?" he said.
"Your behavior sir." Harry said.
"Exactly how did you two get out of the castle?"
"Oh through the front door sir. We were on our way to visit Hagrid. You see he's a very dear friend to us. So if you'll excuse us we're going to go." Harry said.
"Harry! Tracey!"
"Sir?" They said together.
"It's nearly night fall!"
"Well why don't you come along sir?" Harry said.
So they started to leave and head to Hagrid.
'Three,' Tracey started.
'Two,' Harry continued.
'One.' they finished together.
"Harry, Tracey! I must consider going back to the school!" he said following them.
"We haven't seen him in a few weeks sir and since it's nice out we're still going to do it." Harry said.
When they got there they saw Hagrid standing there with Aragog in front of him.
He sniffled. "Horace."
"Merlin's beard! Is that an actual Acromantula?" he asked.
"A dead one, I think, sir." Tracey said.
"Good God. How exactly did you manage to kill it?" Slughorn asked.
"Kill it? He's my oldest friend he was." Hagrid said.
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't-"
"It's alright. 'Sniffle' magnificent he was, just magnificent."
"Not to mention the pinchers." Harry said.
"Yeah an' That to."
"Would you like me to say a few words?" Slughorn asked.
"Yes." Hagrid said.
"Farewell,"
"Aragog."
"Farewell, Aragog. King of the arachnids. Your body will decay... but your spirit lingers on and your human friends find solace, the loss they have sustained."
After that they headed to Hagrid's hut.
"Laid to rest, And his wand, snapped in two, Which was sad." Hagrid and Slughorn sang together.
Harry and Tracey started clapping.
"I had him from an egg you see. Tiny little thing he was when he hatched. No bigger than a Pekingese. A Pekingese, mind you." Hagrid said.
"I once had a fish, Francis he was called. He was very dear to me. Then one day, poof! He was gone."
"That's odd."
"Yes very odd. But that's life! I suppose you go along with and then out of nowhere, poof!"
"Poof!" Hagrid said.
"Poof." Harry and Tracey said together.
Then Hagrid was out of it and asleep.
"It was a student that gave me Francis. I saw a bow on my desk."
The three of them sat there quietly for a few minutes. Then Slughorn said something.
"I know why you're here, but I can't help you. It would ruin me." he said.
"Do you know why we survived sir? The night I got this, Tracey was hit by some wood from the ceiling. Because of her. Because her love was to powerful was more powerful than Voldemort and I stood in front of Trace."
"Don't say his name." he said waving his hand.
"We're not afraid of the name Professor. We're going to tell you something. Something people have only guessed at." Tracey said.
"It's true. I am the Chosen One. Only I can destroy him and in order for me to do that we need to know what Tom Riddle asked you and what you told him." Harry said.
"Be brave Professor, be brave like our mother. Other wise you disgrace her. Other why's she could have died for nothing." Tracey said.
He started to take out a pensive and his wand.
"Please don't blame me, I had know idea what he was doing." he said and took out the memory.
While his hand shook Harry held onto it to calm him down.
