Summary

When Harry’s cover story on the Quibbler appears in Chapter 26, Umbridge bans everyone at Hogwarts from reading it. As Harry goes to sleep that night, his scar hurts him continuously. He is subject to yet another dream vision of Voldemort and himself as Voldemort as he discusses Bode’s death with Rockwood, one of the Death Eaters who escaped recently from Azkaban. The dream upsets Harry so much he wakes himself up screaming. Against Ron’s advice, Harry refuses to go see Dumbledore.

Through her research, Hermione theorizes that Bode was cursed with something called the Imperius Curse. She believes that Bode was looking for the weapon that is so important to Voldemort, and in his search for it, he became mad, thereby ending up in St. Mungo’s.

Harry’s lessons in Occlumency continue with Professor Snape. He is not progressing very well...