Golden | h.p

62| Deja vu

Within the next few days the four had been trying to destroy the locket, any means necessary. Hermione and Diana had been trying to figure out how exactly to break it while Ron and Harry tried destroying it themselves, so far no luck for the boys or girls.

Diana had been thinking about it a lot more than she normally does, whether it was bout Mystic Halls, Hogwarts, the Horcrux, or Bonnie Bennett. She missed her mom more than anything. Replaying scenarios of how she would tell Bonnie and Enzo that she helped her friends on their hunt and that she fought on the winning side of the Wizarding war. These scenarios were what kept Diana busy when she couldn't sleep.

 "We've been at this for hours. I think we've established that spells won't break this thing" Diana told Harry as he tried using various spells on the Horcrux in an attempt to break it. "Why don't you try some of your own magic then?" Harry suggested, rather annoyed.

"Incendia" Diana said, only the Horcrux didn't burn but instead Diana's spell caused a mini explosion that sent the four teenagers flying back. 

Harry got up and stormed over to the Horcrux, glaring at it but then put it around his neck. "What are you doing?" Hermione asked as she got up with the help of Ron. "We've got to keep it safe until we know how to destroy it" Harry muttered. 

"Do you really think it's the best idea to keep something so dangerous around your neck? It could have some enchainment on it or could effect you or-" Diana tried said but was cut off by Harry's glare, "any better ideas?".

"Calm down there, mate. She's just warning you" Ron told Harry. After a brief silence Ron spoke up again, "Don't you think it's strange that Dumbledore sent you out to find these Horcruxes with no information on how to destroy them? Doesn't that bother you?".

Hermione stared at Harry rathe cautiously, as though within any second the raven haired boy would explode. He didn't answer, instead turned around and headed for the tent. Diana and Hermione exchanged worried glances and Ron inhaled and slowly exhaled. 

~~~

It had been an hour or so later and Harry had just had one of his daymares/visions, he had been all shaken up when Hermione and Diana walked up to him. "I thought it stopped" Hermione said as she noticed Harry's startled state, "you can't keep letting him in, Harry" Hermione reminded him.

"MykewGregorovitch" Harry mumbled. "The wand maker?" Diana asked, Harry nodded. "MykewGregorovitch has something that he wants. He's desperate for it, as if it were life or death" Harry told the girls.

"Maybe because it it life or death for Voldemort..." Diana mumbled. "What are you talking about? Destroying the Horcruxes are the only way to kill Voldemort" Harry told her. 

"Destroying the Horcruxes are the way to make him mortal, yes, after that it's a simple two words and he's dead. Think about it, why would MykewGregorovitch be a target? Obviously Voldemort knows we are looking for his weakness, and he's not stupid which means he has a plan B. That plan be could be a wand. The most powerful wand that has been made, that's his back up. If and when we make Voldemort mortal, he'll need the strongest wand possible to protect himself and ensure that he can't be stopped" Diana told the two.

"The strongest wand is-" Hermione began, "the Elder's wand" Harry finished, to which Diana mumbled. "Diana, you are honestly one of the most brilliant people I know" Hermione said. 

The radio from inside the tent was turning more static like and it was driving Harry mad. He got up and was about to storm in the tent to turn it off when Hermione stopped him, "don't. It comforts him".

"What's he expecting to hear? Good news?" Harry asked, rather annoyed. "No, it's about not hearing the bad" Diana replied. 

"How long until we can travel?" Harry asked harshly. "Ron's still to injured to-" Diana tried saying, "how long until we can travel again?" he repeated. Hermione didn't answer. After a brief three seconds of silence Hermione said, "I'm doing everything I can".

"You're not doing enough!" Harry shouted at her. He turned to Diana, who was glaring at him, "don't give me that look. You haven't done much of anything since you got here either. Maybe it would have been best if you stayed away. We don't need you" he told Diana as he stormed away.

"Ignore him. Harry doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. I'll deal with him" Hermione told Diana as she stood up and walked over to Harry.

Diana watched Hermione walk over to Harry. She thought for a moment before entering the tent, where Ron was sitting on the ground. "I heard what Harry said" Ron mumbled, "I assumed" Diana responded as she sat down next to him.

"Don't believe for one second that we don't want you here. Especially Hermione and I" Ron told her as he pulled Diana into a hug. As she pulled away from the hug she rested her head on his shoulder. "Promise me this is forever?" he asked, "I promise" she mumbled. "Good. Now, how about we read Twilight just like in fourth year. Just for some good old Deja Vu" Ron suggested as he reached for his copy of Twilight that he had on his bed, he knew reading always calmed her down and he could tell she needed it. 

"Or sparkle" Ron added.

"We live in the real world were vampires either burn or have daylight rings. We don't live in Twilight" Diana told Ron.

"Daylight rings? What is that?" Hermione asked. "Exactly what it sounds like. Rings that are made to help vampires walk in the sun without burning to a crisp" Diana answered.

"Do you think Snape has one? Man's paler then Edward Cullen" Ron said as he looked over at Snape.

"I regret lending you my copy of Twilight" Diana said. "Since when do you read?" Hermione asked. "I was just curious because Diana was mentioning something about how Edward was obsessed with some Bella chick" Ron shrugged.

"You managed to make him read... What other impossible things can you do, Diana Bennett?" Hermione joked. "Hey! I heard that" Ron said, "I know" Hermione told him.

Diana smiled as she remembered the Twilight conversation with her friends in fourth year. Ron could tell she was smiling, even if it was brief, which made him smile as well.

~~~

It had been around midnight, Ron had stopped reading the page he was on, "don't suppose that-" he began saying but cut himself off when he noticed Diana had fallen asleep on his shoulder. Ron let out a slight sigh as he closed the book. He carefully lifted Diana up and carried her over to her bed, he gently placed her on the bed, covering her with a blanket afterwards.

As he walked out of the tent for some fresh air he saw Hermione and Harry walking back over, closer than usual. It bothered him, he knew it wasn't anything to worry about seeing as Hermione and Harry were close and him and Diana were also close, yet he still seemed stirred at the two of them.

Instead Ron tried brushing it aside, but he couldn't. He hated the feeling he got when he saw them together. It had become clear to him that he had major feelings for Hermione, but he didn't want those emotions getting in the way.