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I Don 't Take It !

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"Oh, is that all?" Harry knelt down, scrounging around beneath the bedding. He withdrew the diadem and then paused, seeming to deliberate for a minute before shoving it at Draco. "Take it. Go ahead, I won 't stop you." "What?" "Take it!" "Why would you…" Draco 's eyes narrowed as he backed up a couple steps. "You knew we were listening, didn 't you?" "Just take the bloody thing," "Look, I don 't know what you 're up to, but…" Severus had only been half listening, distracted by the crashes and screams coming from the other side of the room. Abruptly, he jerked his head around, giving Draco a sharp look. "Don 't take it to him." Just like that, Draco abandoned his suspicions toward Harry, focusing on him instead. "Why not?" "Because it 's a fake," Severus said, "a mere replica of the item the Dark Lord wishes to possess. If you present him with such an unworthy object, he will not be pleased." Snatching the diadem out of Harry 's hand, Draco backed up a couple steps. "You 're lying. You just want to take it to him yourself!" "I assure you, I do not." "Trying to take all the credit, just like you did last year! He asked me to do it, and you had to keep butting in, didn 't you? Never even gave me a chance!" "You couldn 't have done it, Draco." "I could have! If you 'd just stayed out of the bloody way…" Harry must 've known they were talking about Dumbledore. His entire demeanor changed in an instant, becoming as close lipped and hostile as he 'd been when

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