ᴏʙꜱᴛɪɴᴀᴛᴇ [ᴛʜᴇᴏᴅᴏʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛᴛ]

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 12: ꜱᴛᴜᴘɪᴅ ɴᴇᴄᴋʟᴀᴄᴇ

That night Hera told Ted that she needed to go to 12 Grimmauld Place to retrieve the real locket, but Ted told her that he'd go so she could rest.

Ted had to ask the house elf multiple questions that Hera wrote down and finally Kreacher tracked it down and gave it to Ted reluctantly.

*

Hera woke up to the sound of....singing. She got out of bed-thirsty-and went to the kitchen, where the singing was coming from.

"We're happy Ma, we're having fun..."

"And the train ain't even leave the station..."

"Hey little train wait for me..."

"Once was blind but now i see..."

Hera saw Andromeda, Blaise, Theo and Draco all singing and dancing in the kitchen while every once in a while check on things that were cooking on the stove. Hera smiled a little at the sight, it was happy, bright and fun, normal.

Andromeda twirled and her eyes landed on Hera.

"Ah! Good morning Hera, glad to see you awake, now, come dance with us." She grabbed Hera's hand and dragged her to the middle of the kitchen where the boys were.

"Have you left a seat for me..." The boys sang with the help of Andromeda.

Hera danced and twirled and laughed and sang until the door opened and Ted walked in clearing his throat. Andromeda turned down the radio and everyone turned to see Ted and Pansy.

Pansy had her head down but slowly raised it when the tension became too thick. Hera walked over to Pansy, and she stopped in front of her. Pansy noticed that Hera was not going to talk so she started.

"Hera i-" Pansy was cut off when Hera gave her a tight hug and a light laugh.

"Pansy i'm so sorry i should have never said those things to you, i was jealous that you were happy and i was so stressed about everything-"

"Hera i'm the one that's sorry, Merlin you could have fucking died and i was being petty and i don't know why. I'm so so sorry." Pansy explained.

Hera smiled gently and turned the radio volume up. Everyone laughed and started to dance and sing again.

*

"Why won't this thing break!" Theo breathed out while hitting the locket with multiple spells and curses.

"I told you that you can only destroy a horcrux with a Baskilis fang." Hera sighed and leaned off a tall oak tree.

The five teens had been trying to come up with ways to destroy the necklace without the fang, since that was in Hogwarts, and Hogwarts was heavily guarded by Death Eaters.

"Stupid necklace." Blaise threw a rock at Salazar's locket and sat down near Hera.

"So.....if we can't destroy it we might as well find the other horcruxes. Uh where are they again?" Pansy looked towards Hera who had her head tilted to the side.

"We still have to find Helga Hufflepuffs cup, and Rowena Ravenclaws diadem." Hera sighed dramatically and then corrected herself.

"Rowena Ravenclaws lost diadem."

"Oh great, we don't only have to track the cup down but we now have to find a crown that's been lost for...forever." Draco scoffed.

Hera rested her head in her hands and thought about how they were going to get into Bellatrix
Lestrange's volt at Gringotts, since she was the last person to have 'discovered' the cup.

"I really do miss Hogwarts, and all the professors." Pansy said after a couple more moments of silence.

"I never thought i'd say it but it's true i do miss classes and normal life." Draco pulled Pansy into his chest so she could lean on him.

"Remember when Slughorn almost burnt his own tongue off with that stupid breath mint potion?" Theo laughed and Blaise smiled thinking about the simpler times.

"Potions was my favorite class." Hera said quietly.

"Nah, History of Magic was definitely the easiest, Professor Binns did get annoying though." Theo laughed.

"Ok but serious question, Snape or Slughorn for the potions professor?" Draco asked.

Hera smiled proudly before answering,

"Sluggy, he was the best, he taught me how to find all the ingredients for polyjuice potion, but like when the hell am i gonna...have...to...-holy. Fucking. Shit."
Hera finally put all the pieces together and devised a plan.

*

"And how exactly are you going to get Bellatrix's hair?" Pansy asked as she poured some tea into Hera's cup.

"We have to go to the Malfoy Manor and sneak into her room and grab her hair brush, maybe snag a few other Death Eaters hair on the way out." Hera blew on her tea.

"Ha ha very funny." Pansy said sarcastically.

Hera simply looked up with a serious face and tilted her head.

"Oh-oh your-your serious, um well how are you gonna sneak into the Malfoy Manor, i mean isn't it infested with Death Eaters?" Pansy sat down and looked at Hera.

"I mean yeah, but i have an idea."