Golden | h.p

72| Glowing blue

The Room of Requirements was burning down and as the four Gryffindors ran for their lives the three Slytherins tried climbing for their lives. Seeing as the stacks of furniture in the room were unstable and all over the place it was hard for the three of them to have a good enough grip. The first to fall was the dumbest one, the one who set the fire in the first place, Greggory Goyle.

Blaise and Draco looked down as the watched their friend fall to his death as the fire soon consumed him. Of course the two Slytherins weren't heartless, no Slytherin was fully heartless, even if people refused to believe it, the two felt bad seeing as they couldn't have done anything to help their friend but now it was too late.

The two remaining Slytherins managed to climb on top of a desk, stand up, and balance properly. Blaise looked around to try and see if he could find the four Gryffindors that were running around, but had no luck.

"Do you think they'd leave us here to die?" Blaise asked Draco, who shook his head. "Granger and Weasley maybe, but Potter and Diana? No way" the blonde answered. Blaise exhaled, "I hope you're right. I hope your little crush comes through".

Meanwhile down on ground level the four Gryffindors were only moments away from burning to death if it hadn't been for Hermione's barrier spell that protected the momentarily. "This won't hold up forever" Hermione reminded them. Thankfully, Ron and his clumsiness came through when he almost fell backwards and bumped into a pile of old broomsticks that were previously for Quidditch.

 Hermione looked stunned at the luck. Ron tossed his friends a broom but Hermione shook her head. "What is it?" Diana asked. "I don't know how to ride a broom, remember?" Hermione pointed out. "Well then you'll have to be on one with me" Ron said, Hermione wasn't apposed to that idea.

Harry and Diana got on their own broom and Hermione got on one with Ron. Harry hadn't noticed that Diana had stolen the diadem from him, she put it under an invisibility spell. Hermione hadn't noticed either that Diana had stolen the Basilisk fang, cloaking it as well. Diana shoved both invisible items into her bag, which she had been careful to maintain invisible.

They then flew up just in time to avoid burning to a crisp. They began flying at a lightning pace, Ron shouted "come on! This way!". 

From the corner of his eye, Harry saw the two Slytherins who were stranded. "We can't leave them!" Harry told Ron. Ron looked shocked and turned around to Hermione who was holding onto him for dear life, "he's joking right?" Ron asked Hermione, who shook her head.

Diana was the first one to circle back around, Harry following her lead. "If we die for them, Harry, I'm going to kill you!" Ron told the raven haired boy as he as well circles around to go for the Slytherins. 

Harry reached down to grab either of the two Slytherin's hand but missed. He tried again and was successfully able to pull Blaise onto his broom. Diana did something riskier as she lowered down and got low enough for Draco to get on the broomstick. The second the blonde Slytherin was on the broom Diana jumped off it and onto the desk where Blaise and Draco were previously.

"What are you doing?!" Draco asked. "Go" Diana told him. Harry turned around as he just now saw Diana had gotten off the broom. "Diana! Are you insane?!" Harry asked. "No! Now go! All of you" Diana said. 

"I'm not leaving you" Harry said. "Thanks, but I can take care of myself now go" Diana said, when she noticed neither Harry nor Draco were moving she said, "ventus" and sent a gust of wind to push them far enough away so they had to fly out of the room.

Once Diana was certain they were all far enough away she focused and her eyes glowed blue. She saw the fire coming closer and it somehow got even bigger than before. She closed her eyes her eyes and focused hard. 'Remember how mom did it' Diana thought to herself.

"Phesmatos Incendia Moventur. Ego ex vos. Vos ex unos. Phesmatos Incendia Entrare. Phesmatos Incendia Movet, Phesmatos Incendia Moventur" Diana chanted, somehow managing to get every word correctly as though she had been with Bonnie when she stopped hell fire.

The fire was getting close to her. Her eyes glowed blue but then shifted to yellow like a Hybrid's eye. "Phesmatos Incendia Entrare!" Diana practically shouted as she stuck both her hands out and was able to maintain the fire from moving even an inch closer. Her eyes then changed from yellow to blue once more, as her eyes changed colors so did the fire turning into a blue flames.

She turned around and saw her three friends outside the doors of the Room of Requirements. They all signaled for her to come back. "She's controlling the fire" Ron said as he knew from the blue color of her eyes and the fire that Diana Bennett knew exactly what she was doing. 

Diana held the fire back with her left hand as her right hand grabbed the diadem that she had put in her bag. She undid the invisibility spell on it and the fang, she the managed to keep the diadem balanced on her thigh as she stabbed the diadem and herself with the fang.

Once she saw the black smoke appear from the diadem, knowing she destroyed it she threw it into the fire. Hermione and Harry only then finally realized what Diana had done when an explosion occurred in the Room of Requirements.

"Diana!" Harry, Hermione, and Ron shouted in unison as they tried running into the room but it had been under Diana's barrier spell.

Harry felt Voldemort's pain as Diana destroyed the Horcrux. He walked back until his back hit the wall and he fell to the ground. Hermione stayed with Harry as Ron ran into the Room of Requirements seeing as the fire was completely dialed down and Diana's spell had worn off. 

"Diana!" Ron shouted as he ran around looking for his best friend. He finally saw Diana's hand on the ground. He didn't want to think of the worst but his mind went to that conclusion when he realized Diana had been blasted off the desk and to the ground from the explosion.

Ron checked for a pulse but didn't find one.