The Killing Curse!

Chapter 74- Back in Hogwarts

Regan PoV

Ice cold and soaking wet, all five of us crawled onto land. I was relieved the mission was over and we had what we needed from the vaults but now we have nothing to destroy the cup with. 

"He knows.  You know who, he knows we broke into Gringotts , he knows what we took and he knows we are hunting Horcruxes." Harry puffed out as we went more inland away from the water. Hermione asked how he knew and we all had the same question on our mind. 

"I saw him." Harry replayed and Hermione berated him for doing so. Harry Ron and Hermione walked ahead so I quickly pulled Lindsey's hand to stop her following them.

"What is it?" She asked as I pulled out my wand.

"Just want to check to give us both peace of mind." I told her and performed the Sonorus charm, listening for the second heartbeat. We both let out a sigh of relief when we heard the baby’s heart. "Sounds the same as before, how are you feeling?" I asked as we walked to chat up to the others. "Better now." She replied and we got changed into dry clothes that Hermione gave us. 

Harry explains that there is another Horcrux hidden at Hogwarts and it has something to do with Rowena Ravenclaw. Harry spoke with urgency and said we had to go back to Hogwarts right now. Problem is Snape is headmaster and we can't go in through the front door . Harry then said we'd get in through Hogsmead, and that he feels disconnected from Voldemort like he’s wounded or something. All I know is this is not good and things just got a million times more dangerous. 

Time skip -

By the time we got to Hogsmead night had fallen and a mist filled the air. It was eerily. But soon we had to run as an alarm started to echo around us. Dark Eaters flooded out of buildings yelling Harry’s name. We managed to hide long enough to make a run for it but that only led us to a dead end. We then heard a door open and an old man called Harry in. The rest of us followed him quickly into the old man's home.

We soon found out the old man who helped us hide was Dumbledore's brother Aberforth. Harry explained that he had been hunting Horcruxes and needed help getting back into Hogwarts. Aberforth seemed to have an issue with this and proceeded to ask why we trust Dumbledore. I thought it was a silly question but the man had a few reasonable reasons to not trust Dumbledore so easily. They argued briefly before Aberforth conceded and the women in the artwork seemed to walk into the distance of the painting. After a few moments she was coming back but she had someone with her? The painting then began to slowly open like a door into a passageway. A tall figure stepped into the light "Neville!"

Taehyung PoV

Malfoy Manor's dining room walls and floor were painted red. The smell of blood was thick in the air, it was almost suffocating. Myself , Draco and his parents just witnessed a bloodbath. Voldemort and his vile snake had sloughed all the prisoners that were being held in the manor dungeons for questioning. In an outburst of rage he murdered all of them. Not getting answers he wanted. 

"Hogwarts." Voldemort whispered almost inaudibly. He didn’t say a word to us, just spoke in Parseltongue to his pet. He soon apparated elsewhere and left us with the mess. 

Draco’s parents called for the dining room to be cleaned and Draco and I headed to his room, our only safe place to talk to each other. It’s hard to just stand there and watch people scream and bleed to death right in front of you. I know it might be an obvious thing to say but people don’t truly understand unless they’ve been in those situations. I sat like I usually do on the sofa and reached into my pocket for my parchment. I still haven’t written a word to Regan but she still writes and keeps me updated. She is worried about me but I can’t find the right words. I opened it up and saw she had written a new message.