Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 6

In the sixth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry and his friend make their way to Diagon Alley, where the effects of a society in the midst of war are more obvious than anywhere else. There, they have two chilling confrontations with the remaining Malfoys. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Harry Potter.

CHAPTER 6: DRACO’S DETOUR

DETAIL LOG

HEDWIG

SUBJECT: HARRY POTTER

PERIOD: AUGUST 3RD, 1996

0913: SUBJECT IS ENTERING MINISTRY CAR WITH WEASLEY FAMILY AND HERMIONE. ONE DAY, I WON’T HAVE TO FLY EVERYWHERE AND THESE PRIVILEGED GITS WILL HAVE TO USE WINGS TO GET AROUND. UNTIL THEN, I’LL LEAVE PELLETS IN UNSUSPECTING PLACES. KEEPS THEM ON THEIR TOES.

0954: ARRIVED AT CHARING CROSS ROAD. OUTSIDE LEAKY CAULDRON. FEELING FRESH FROM THE BRISK FLIGHT. AWAITING SUBJECT’S ARRIVAL. THAT’S RIGHT, I BEAT A MAGICAL VEHICLE. IN YOUR FACE, WIZARDS.

1003: TURNS OUT HAGRID IS THE SECURITY FOR TODAY’S JOURNEY. GREAT. I IMAGINE HE’S BROUGHT AN ARMY OF BLAST-ENDED SKREWTS TO…ANNOY PEOPLE WITH. MY BEAK IS A MORE EFFECTIVE WEAPON THAN ANYTHING ON HAGRID.

1009: DIAGON ALLEY DOES NOT LOOK AS IT SHOULD. PERCHED ATOP FLOURISH AND BLOTTS. SURVEYING THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE MINISTRY AND DEATH EATERS. POSTERS COVERING SHOPS. SHOPS CLOSED. FORTESCUE’S ICE CREAM SHOP BOARDED UP. THIS IS DEPRESSING. MUST PECK SOME DEATH EATER EYES OUT FOR THIS ATROCITY.

1015: SUBJECT HEADING INTO MADAM MALKIN’S. GOING TO SNEAK INSIDE QUICKLY.

1016: PERCHED ATOP A SHELF. IT’S EASY TO HIDE BECAUSE OF THE NONSENSE GOING ON IN THIS SHOP. THAT LITTLE GIT DRACO MALFOY IS GETTING FITTED.

1017: WOW. SUBJECT JUST CALLED OUT DRACO AND HIS MOTHER FOR BEING THE SHITTY PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE. PERHAPS I HAVE MISJUDGED HIS TENACITY.

1018: SUBJECT JUST CALLED DRACO’S FATHER A LOSER. RESPECT FOR SUBJECT JUST ROSE ASTRONOMICALLY.

1020: DRACO HAS EXITED MALKIN’S. MUST REWARD SUBJECT SOMEHOW FOR HIS EXCELLENT TROLLING.

1045: EXITED SHOP BEFORE SUBJECT AND FRIENDS LEFT. PERCHED ATOP FLOURISH AND BLOTTS AGAIN.

1054: SUBJECT PURCHASED OWL NUTS FOR ME. SUBJECT IS WINNING ME OVER VERY QUICKLY. MUST STOP BITING HIM IMMEDIATELY.

1112: SUBJECT AND WEASLEY FAMILY HEADING TO WEASLEYS’ WIZARD WHEEZES. SHOP IS RIDICULOUS AND OVER-THE-TOP. WEASLEY TWINS ARE GENIUSES.

1145: MAY–MAY–HAVE PICKPOCKETED DRACO AS HE SCURRIED AWAY ALONE. TO GRAB SOME EXTRA OWL NUTS. BITE ME.

1149: JUST SPOTTED SUBJECT, RON, AND HERMIONE LEAVING THE WEASLEY SHOP UNDER THE INVISIBILITY CLOAK. I CAN SEE THEIR ANKLES. YEAH. NOT A GOOD JOB.

1151: SUBJECT AND FRIENDS ARE SPYING ON DRACO IN KNOCK TURN ALLEY.

1153: ACCORDING TO SUBJECT, WHO I CAN STILL HEAR (YOUR CLOAK DOESN’T BLOCK SOUND), DRACO IS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR SOMETHING AND RESERVE SOMETHING ELSE.

1156: DRACO HAS LEFT. HERMIONE…WHAT IS HERMIONE DOING. WHAT ARE YOU DOING, DEAR. OH, DON’T GO INSIDE THE SHOP. OH, THIS IS BAD. SHOULD I INTERVENE?

1157: CHOSE NOT TO INTERVENE. I HAVE A REPUTATION TO KEEP UP.

1200: IS IT TIME TO GO? I BET I COULD RACE THE CAR AND WIN AGAIN. ONE DAY, THEY’LL RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH BETTER I AM THAN THEM.