Golden | h.p

09| Betrayal

"Now, tell me what this is all about" Rosmerta said as she shut the door, once Harry had entered.

"Years ago, when Harry Potter's parents realized they were marker for death... Remember? They hid. Few knew where they were. One who did was Sirius Black" McGonagall began.

"And he told You-Know-Who" McGonagall said.

"Not only did Black lead him to the Potter's that night... but he killed one of his friends, Peter Pettigrew" The Minister joined into the conversation. 

"Peter Pettigrew?" Rosmerta asked.

"Yes. Little lump of a boy, that one was. Always trailing after Black and the other two. I remember" McGonagall said.

As this conversation continued Harry found himself more and more angry. He refused to believe a friend of his parents betrayed them. 

"A finger. That's all that was left. A finger, nothing less" The Minister said referring to Pettigrew's supposid murder by Black.

"Sirius Black may not have put his hands on the Potter's, be he's the reason they're dead".

"And now he wants to finish things" The Minister said. "I don't believe this" Rosmerta said. "And that's not the worst of all" McGonagall said. 

"Sirius Black was and is to this day... Harry Potter's godfather" McGonagall said. 

This drove Harry to run out of the pub. Not knowing what to feel. "Hermione, Diana, look!" Ron said and pointed at the footprints. 

Harry pushed past some carolers and then the three friends rushed after him. They followed Harry until the four of them were out of sight and you could only hear Harry crying. Hermione began moving towards him but Ron stopped her. He then nudged his head towards Diana and Hermione understood.

Hermione signaled for Diana to go up to Harry, and that's exactly what she did. She walked forward and then reached for the invisibility cloak, taking it off him. He looked up slowly and met her eyes but then looked down immediately.

"Harry, what happened?" Diana asked with a hint of worry in her voice.

"He was their friend..." Harry answered slowly. Diana already knew he meant Sirius Black, so she put the pieces together and assumed that Black was friends with the Potter's.

"And he betrayed them" Harry said equally as slow and upset. 

"Harry..." Diana said slowly. 

"I hope he finds me. Because when he does, I'm gonna be ready. When he does, I'm gonna kill him" Harry sad as if it were his casual everyday conversation.

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Over the next few days Harry had his first lesson with Professor Lupin. "Are you sure about this, Harry? This is very advanced magic... well beyond the Ordinary Wizarding Level" Lupin told Harry, as if it were some kind of warning.

"I'm sure" Harry answered simply.

"Well, everything's prepared. The spell I'm going to teach you is called the Patronus Charm" Lupin began.

Meanwhile in the Gryffindor girls dormitory, Diana was writing yet another letter to her mother. She had sent eleven since the school year began and received zero bac from Bonnie. It came to a point where Diana was starting to worry.

Dear mom,
This is my twelfth letter to you... still no response. I feel as though I should be worried. You aren't telling me something and I don't like it. Write me back, please. You don't have to tell me what's going on but I need something, anything, to tell me that you are okay. It's not like you to not write back... if you don't reply to this letter in the next week I'll just write a letter to Caroline, Elena, or Damon. They'll sure know what's going on and will let me know if I should panic or not. 

Diana,

 Diana did as always and put it in an envelope, write Bonnie's name on it, sealed it, and used her magic to send it back home. 

Diana sighed as she knew something had been going on. She grabbed another piece of paper and her pen and began writing a second letter.

Dear Damon,
It's Diana Bennett. You are my mom's closest friend and I know you would know if something were to happen to her. Please, if you know anything tell ne. I just need to know that she's alive. Yes, I know I'm being dramatic but it's not like her to not write me back after eleven letters is getting me worried. Write me back soon.

Diana,

She then did the same and sent the letter to Damon and Elena's new home. Diana then did what she does best, think. From what Harry had told her about what he heard at the pub the other day, Diana seemed to have what she thought of as an absurd idea.

Diana ran down to the common room where Ron and Hermione were. "Ron, out of curiosity... how old is your rat?" Diana asked.

"He's been in the family for twelve years. At least he was before someone's cat killed him" Ron said and glared at Hermione.

"Not this again. Crookshanks did no such thing. You just lost your pet" Hermione said.

"Twelve years? And Sirius Black went to Azkaban twelve years ago, correct?" Diana asked.

"Yeah, so?" Ron asked. Hermione was confused as to what Diana was pulling at.

"Was this rat of yours... losing any body part? A toe, perhaps?" Diana asked, realizing how stupid she sounded.

"How did you know?" Ron asked.

"I have a theory, but I'm pulling at strings. I might just be insane" Diana sighed.

"well, what are you waiting for? Tell us" Hermione said as she put her book down.

Diana was about to answer Hermione when she felt herself get dizzy. The room starting spinning for the girl and within the seconds she collapsed to the floor. Hermione and Ron rushed over to her. "What do you think happened? She was fine a few seconds ago" Ron said. Hermione shook her head, "I don't know... it could be a countless amount of things" Hermione answered.

"Diana?" Bonnie Bennett asked her daughter. "Mom? What's going on?" Diana asked as she looked around. It had been a bar. It was empty and the same song was being played on repeat. "Diana, you shouldn't be here. You magic brought you here, but I need you to focus on leaving" Bonnie told her daughter.

"Brought me where? It's all just a deserted bar" Diana said as she saw the bar empty. There had been a chair on stage that had chains broken off it. "This is the prison world you created for Kai Parker, isn't it?" Diana asked.

Bonnie nodded and put her hands on Diana's shoulders "you have to get out of here, it's not safe" Bonnie told Diana as she looked around and made sure Kai Parker wasn't around. "No I was just at Hogwarts, there's no way-" Diana began "I can't explain it all. Just know that your conscious brought you here because it's where I am" Bonnie answered.

"Why are you back here?" Diana asked as she felt herself waking back up. "Don't worry about it. I'll explain everything afterwards" Bonnie said. Before Diana could say anything Bonnie said one last thing, "stay safe, I love you". 

"You gave us a real scare" Ron said as Diana opened her eyes slowly. "Are you okay?" Harry asked, Diana knew he must have gotten back after his lesson with Lupin.

"I'm fine" Diana said as she sat up. Ron and Hermione had placed her on the couch in the common room once she fainted. "What happened? You were fine one minute and the next you were unconscious" Hermione asked.

"I don't exactly know what happened. But something tells me it was a sign mixed with a warning" Diana mumbled.

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked.

Diana shook her head. "You wouldn't understand" she said. 

"Then help us to" Harry said. 

"It doesn't matter" Diana told the trio. "Yes it does" they all said in unison. 

"I have to check something..." Diana said before she went back up to her dormitory leaving the trio confused and worried.