Harry Potter, #7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J.K. Rowling

Genre

Fantasy, Young Adult, Children's

Pages

701

Contents

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

Previous: CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Next: CHAPTER THRITY

Overview

Harry, Ron, and Hermione reach Hogwarts via a secret tunnel from the Hog’s Head and find Dumbledore’s Army hiding in the Room of Requirement. Neville describes the Carrows’ brutal regime, and allies rally. Seeking a Ravenclaw relic, Luna guides Harry to the Ravenclaw common room, where Alecto Carrow ambushes him and summons reinforcements.

Summary

Neville escorts Harry, Ron, and Hermione through a concealed passage from Aberforth’s pub to Hogwarts. He recounts the Carrows’ rule: compulsory Muggle Studies propaganda, Dark Arts lessons including enforced Cruciatus practice, and punishments that left students like Neville and Seamus battered. He explains D.A. resistance, Luna’s kidnapping, his grandmother outwitting Dawlish, and how the Room of Requirement became a secure refuge supplied through the tunnel.

Inside the expanded Room of Requirement, the trio reunite with many D.A. members. News of the Gringotts break-in spreads jubilation, but Harry is struck by a searing scar pain as Voldemort discovers another destroyed Horcrux, forcing urgency. Harry insists they cannot stay to fight, causing friction as Neville and others expect a school-wide uprising.

More allies arrive—Luna, Dean, Ginny, Fred, George, Lee, and Cho—after Neville’s summons. Pressed by Ron and Hermione, Harry agrees to seek help identifying a Hogwarts object linked to Ravenclaw that could aid Voldemort’s downfall. Luna suggests Ravenclaw’s lost diadem, long missing. Cho offers to show its likeness in the Ravenclaw common room statue; Ginny steers Harry to go with Luna instead.

Under the Invisibility Cloak, Harry and Luna slip from the Room of Requirement, avoid patrols using the Marauder’s Map, and reach the Ravenclaw entrance. Luna answers the eagle knocker’s riddle, and they enter the serene, empty common room. Harry studies Rowena Ravenclaw’s statue and reads the diadem’s inscription, but Alecto Carrow appears, mocks him, and immediately presses her Dark Mark to summon allies.

Who Appears

Harry Potter

Leads the return to Hogwarts, seeks a Ravenclaw relic, and is ambushed by Alecto in Ravenclaw Tower.
Neville Longbottom

D.A. leader at Hogwarts; explains Carrows’ tyranny, opened the tunnel refuge, rallies allies.
Hermione Granger

Urges involving D.A. to help search; accompanies Harry back to Hogwarts via tunnel.
Ron Weasley

Pushes to accept D.A. help locating the Ravenclaw object; returns with Harry to Hogwarts.
Luna Lovegood

Identifies the lost diadem of Ravenclaw and guides Harry to the Ravenclaw common room.
Alecto Carrow

Death Eater professor who ambushes Harry in Ravenclaw Tower and summons reinforcements.
Ginny Weasley

Arrives with reinforcements; pointedly has Luna escort Harry instead of Cho.
Seamus Finnigan

Battered D.A. member; praises Neville’s mastery of the Room of Requirement.
Cho Chang

Offers to show Harry Ravenclaw’s statue depicting the diadem; sidelined by Ginny.
Fred Weasley

Arrives from the Hog’s Head, ready to fight; provides levity amid tension.
George Weasley

Arrives with Fred to support the D.A. after Neville’s call.
Dean Thomas

Returns wandless but eager to fight after receiving Neville’s summons.
Michael Corner

Skeptical of the diadem’s existence; previously tortured, deterring D.A. stunts.
Aberforth Dumbledore

Provides the secret passage and supplies to the D.A., aiding the trio’s entry.