Golden | h.p

64| New Orleans

"You just threw me on the ground and threatened me and yet you decided to join me, why?" Ron asked as the two walked. "Believe it or not, Weasley, you're my best friend" Diana reminded him. "Hermione is your best friend and Harry's your boyfriend..." Ron said slowly as he was surprised to be chosen over them.

"I can always turn around and leave" she joked and turned around. "No, no, no. You're stuck with me now, Bennett" Ron said as he pulled her back. "Til the bitter end" Diana told him. 

"Very important question. Any idea on where to go?" Ron asked. "I know just the place" Diana said, a slight grin forming on her face. She pulled out her necklace at Bonnie had gifted her for her fourteenth birthday, which Diana turned into her own version of a port key with her own magic.

"Where are we?" Ron asked as he looked around and saw a good amount of people on the street. "Welcome to New Orleans" Diana told him.

~~~

"Bloody hell" Rebekah Mikaelson gasped as she saw Diana and Ron at her doorstep the next morning. "Diana, what are you doing here? And who's this?" Rebekah asked. "Ron Weasley, ma'am" Ron said, "Rebekah's fine" she smiled. "Bekah, I'm sorry to intrude but there's a mess occurring right now and my friend and I need a place to stay" Diana said.

"Diana Bennett" Marcel Gerard said as he walked over. "Pleasure to be in the presence of a Bennett witch" he said, "and you are?" Marcel asked turning to Ron. "Apparently Diana and her friend here, Ron, are on the run and need a place to hide out in for a while" Rebekah told Marcel.

"Well, come on in. Any friend of Diana's is a friend of our's" Marcel told the two teens at the doorway. "It's like summer before your third year when you spent a month here. That was so much fun" Rebekah reminded Diana. "Minus the whole on a run thing" Marcel laughed.

"Why are you on the run? What have you gotten yourself into?" Rebekah asked, Ron's facial expression changing, "you didn't tell them?" he asked. "Tell us what?" Marcel and Rebekah asked in unison. 

"Is there some bastard after you again? Tell me who and I'll rip their heart out of their chest" Rebekah said as her vampire veins and fangs appeared on her face. "The villain of our story is immortal" Ron pointed out. "So am I" Rebekah told him. 

"You're the Original Vampire that Diana's mentioned before" Ron said as he put two and two together. "Precisely. Now, what exactly is going on?" Rebekah asked, "no. first you two need you freshen up. Then we can be told the full story" Marcel said. 

Ron showered first and got dressed with some clothes Marcel gave him. While Diana talked to Rebekah and Marcel and explained to them everything that had been going on. Rebekah instantly hugged Diana, "that's awful. You can't expect four seventeen year olds to save everyone. That's a lot of pressure" Marcel said.

"It is... but we've been getting through it" Diana said. "Barely" Ron corrected as he walked back to the living room where they had been. "From what I'm told you said some pretty rude things to your best friend" Rebekah raised an eyebrow. "I was being influenced by the bloody Horcrux. I regret it all" Ron told her.

"How long are you two planning on hiding out here?" Marcel asked. "You're welcome to stay as long as you need. I just suggest you don't leave all the work to your other friends" Rebekah said, as Diana got up to shower and change her clothes.

As soon as Rebekah and Marcel were sure Diana was out of hearing distance they turned to Ron, "you've got to fix this with your other friends if you want this all to work out" Rebekah told him. "It's obvious you have feelings for her. She know it, you know it, we know it and we've known you for twenty minutes" Marcel said with a grin.

"She has a boyfriend..." Ron said slowly. "So? You can't help who you're attracted to" Rebekah said. 

"Well that's now besides the point" Ron mumbled. Marcel and Rebekah exchanged a look but then turned back to Ron. "It's just the four of you?" Marcel asked, Ron nodded. Marcel took his watch off and handed it to Ron, "what's this for?" Ron asked. "You know how Superman has the watch that tells him if someone close to him is in danger?" Marcel asked. 

"Diana's mentioned something like that before" Ron shrugged. "Well, I'm giving you my version of it" Marcel said. "My sister spelled it so if it's beeped twice then we know that whoever's wearing it is in danger, this way if you guys need the Mikaelson's help you've got us there" Rebekah told him.

"Along with these" Rebekah said as she brought over eight vials of her blood. "I'll leave these to Diana to keep safe. You four have two each, don't lose them. If in the wrong hands they can be consumed and then used to be turned into vampires and I don't want to deal with that" Rebekah said.

"In other words, don't touch them and only ever let Diana have them until necessary" Marcel told Ron, who nodded as he was slightly frightened of the two vampires in front of him.

"We can sense your fear" Marcel said, which made Ron snap out of his thoughts. "You're a friend of Diana's, who we trust and care for, meaning we won't hurt you" Rebekah told him. 

~~~

It had been weeks, Diana and Ron remained in New Orleans with Diana showing Ron around while also being under the protection of the Mikaelson family. Diana had the Mikaelson's promise not to tell Caroline, Elena, or Damon. She also had them promise to not tell Ron about Bonnie's death, she didn't want to explain all that yet.

Of course Ron and Diana knew very well that this was all a detour trip and they'd have to go back with Harry and Hermione soon enough. Diana didn't want to rush Ron into leaving, but she wasn't a big fan of the four of them being separated. Christmas had been right around the corner and Ron promised Diana that he'd be ready to head back after the Holidays.

"Let me guess, Alice in Wonderland?" Ron asked as he saw Diana reading on Rebekah's couch. "Peter Pan actually" Diana said as she closed her book and looked up at the red haired boy. "Close enough" Ron shrugged as he sat down next to her. 

"Same voice actress and both magical places that the main character was taken, that's all Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland have in common" Diana said. "Aren't they both Disney?" Ron asked, "obviously" she said, "then add that to the similarities" he shrugged.

"Favorite Disney princess?" Ron asked as he was running out of things to ask over the four week period the two had spent together, he didn't like focusing on the actual issues that would be waiting for them the second they left New Orleans.

"Belle from Beauty and the Beast" Diana answered without any hesitation. "No surprise there" Rebekah said as she walked into the living room. "I made cookies" she smiled and put the plate of gingerbread men cookies on the coffee table. 

Diana turned on the tv, which Ron still wasn't fully used to. "What Christmas movie should we watch?" Diana asked, "Home Alone!" Marcel shouted from the kitchen. "Home Alone it is" Diana laughed as she got the movie ready.

Ron had actually really enjoyed Home Alone and wanted to watch the second one as well, Rebekah and Marcel joined the teens to watch the movie as well. But everything had been too good to be true for Ron and Diana. There was a knock at the door and Marcel went to go open it, "may I help you?" he asked rather annoyed.

The man at the door didn't answer but instead tried stabbing Marcel with a wooden stake, to which Marcel grabbed the guy's arm and dragged him inside the house. "Who the hell is this?" Rebekah asked as she paused the movie. 

"That's one of the Death Eaters" Ron said as he saw the man's face. With no hesitation Marcel snapped the Death Eater's neck. The second he did that the house filled with black smoke and the glass from the window shattered and multiple Death Eaters made their way inside. 

"Go down stairs" Rebekah told Diana and Ron. Diana nodded and rushed down stairs with Ron following her. The two made it to the basement and locked the door, with Diana casting a barrier spell on it. "They found us" Ron and Diana groaned in unison. 

It had been few minutes before the door opened and it was Marcel, who signaled for them to get out now. Diana and Ron didn't have to ask what happened seeing as there was blood everywhere and nine wands snapped on the ground. The Mikaelson-Gerard mansion had been in worse conditions though. 

"Are they all dead?" Ron asked. "Yes" Marcel answered.