Chapter 28 Summary

Everybody is fighting the Death Eaters. The Order of the Phoenix is there fighting; Ginny is fighting; Harry, no longer under Dumbledore's paralysis spell, is there, fighting, along with Professor McGonagall, Remus Lupin and Tonks. Harry stops Greyback and pursues Malfoy and the other Death Eaters, trying repeatedly, unsuccessfully, to curse Snape, who mocks him. Along with Draco Malfoy, Snape gets away. After losing the chase, Harry helps Hagrid put out the fire that is burning his cabin and tells him about Dumbledore: Hagrid does not believe him.

As they walked up the grounds, they passed many Hogwart's students walking up to the Astronomy Tower, then Hagrid believed him. It was there that Harry realized, after reading a letter to Voldemort, that Dumbledore had needlessly weakened himself. The locket they had found, for which they had paid such a steep price, was not...