

Dumbledore himself seems distinctly older one of his hands has taken on a withered, mummy-like appearance.Īnd it’s not like Harry doesn’t have other things on his mind, either. Snape seems, more than ever, to be in cahoots with darkness-a double agent who’s taken an “unbreakable vow” to help Draco do his diabolical duty. Draco Malfoy-Harry’s arch-nemesis-has graduated from mere bully status to full-fledged Voldemort disciple, tasked with an malevolent mission.

Another nearly dies from drinking poisoned mead. One student falls victim to a horrible curse. Albus Dumbledore tells him to do.Įvil, though, seems to be steadily encroaching on even the walls of Hogwarts. He hangs out with his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Now that he can no longer be called, fairly, a boy, some have taken to calling Harry the Chosen One.īut here’s the thing: When you’re called the Chosen One, it implies you’ve been chosen for something big-and in Harry’s case, his destiny is filled with peril, pain and a do-or-die clash with Voldemort, a wizard so evil he makes the Wicked Witch of the West look like a Care Bear.įor now, Harry plies his studies at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. When he was just a lad, folks dubbed Harry the Boy Who Lived-which, quite frankly, probably reminded him of the fact that his parents didn’t.

