Nightmare (Harry Potter OC Fic)

38. Nobody

There was no doubt in Kei's mind that the Gringotts break-in was the work of Harry Potter and his two friends. Although she had no idea what would have ever prompted them into breaking into one of the most guarded places of the Wizarding World, she also knew it wasn't for some menial like gold. They had a true purpose and their reasoning was probably to do with whatever mission Dumbledore had them fulfil. All she hoped was that they got what they were looking for.

It wasn't long until news of a Potter Spotting went around. This time, he was spotted in Hogsmeade. It didn't take a genius to figure out that Harry was headed to Hogwarts.

With Fred, George, and Lee, Tiberius and Kei went to Hogsmeade— specifically Hog's Head Inn— and took a secret passageway into Hogwarts. Kei was in awe at the entrance and even more surprised at where they had landed: The Room of Requirement. There was a group of people hanging around, talking and shouting. They were all standing in a circle, around Harry himself. At their entrance, people cheered and clapped, excited that more people were coming to. . . the rescue?

"Aberforth's getting a bit annoyed," said Fred, raising his hand in answer to several cries of greeting. "He wants a kip, and his bar's turned into a railway station."

Harry looked absolutely dumbstruck as Kei took in their surroundings. Silas was standing alongside Neville, a nervous but slightly unreadable look on their face.

"Silas," Kei breathed, rushing up to hug him as people began to ask Harry questions.

He tensed but gave in, hugging the girl he hadn't seen in over two years, "what're you doing here?"

"Helping Harry out, obviously," she smiled, pulling away from the small Slytherin.

Before Silas could respond, Harry called out to the room, "there's something we need to find. Something — something that'll help us overthrow You-Know-Who. It's here at Hogwarts, but we don't know where. It might have belonged to Ravenclaw. Has anyone heard of an object like that? Has anyone ever come across something with her eagle on it, for instance?"

"Well, there's her lost diadem," Luna said. "I told you about it, remember, Harry? The lost diadem of Ravenclaw? Daddy's trying to duplicate it."

"Yeah, but the lost diadem," said Michael Corner, rolling his eyes, "is lost, Luna. That's sort of the point."

"When was it lost?" asked Harry.

"Centuries ago, they say," said Cho Chang. "Professor Flitwick says the diadem vanished with Ravenclaw herself. People have looked, but," she appealed to her fellow Ravenclaws, "nobody's ever found a trace of it, have they?"

"I can take you to see the statue of it, Harry," Cho suggested.

"No," Ginny said rather fiercely. "No, Luna will take Harry, won't you, Luna?"

"Oooh, yes, I'd like to," said Luna happily, and Cho sat down again, looking disappointed.

"How do we get out?" asked Harry.

"Over here," Neville pointed.

He led Harry and Luna to a corner, where a small cupboard opened onto a steep staircase. Soon enough the pair disappeared and everyone was left standing, not knowing what to do. It didn't take long for his other two friends to mysteriously disappear on their own little side mission. Kei just watched the portrait open and close letting in new people to help Harry fight.

Much to Kei's delight, more people rushed into the room, including Kingsley, Remus, Oliver Wood, Katie Bell, Angelina Johnson and Alicia Spinnet, Bill and Fleur, and Arthur and Molly. But when Harry and Luna came back, it seemed as if chaos had begun.