58_ brink of war

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"HARRY!" Someone yelled.

"It's Potter, it's POTTER!"

Ed abruptly sat up in her hammock.

Thankfully, she was able to prove she wasn't a threat by venturing out into the castle for Dumbledore's Army to bring back supplies, and they had provided her with her own place to sleep in return.

She even became friends with some of the others, like Ginny Weasley and Lee Jordan.

Ed made her way over to the portrait that led to Hogsmeade, where a crowd of people had already gathered.

Was he really here, in the Room of Requirement? It was so loud though that she couldn't tell what anyone was saying.

Finally, she pushed her way through the crowd.

I can't believe it.

It was Harry. What was he doing? It wasn't safe at Hogwarts.

"We need to get going," he said.

"What's the plan?" Finnegan asked.

"Plan? Well, there's something Ron, Hermione, and I have to do, and then we'll get out of here."

"What do you mean?" Neville Longbottom asked.

"We haven't come back to stay, there's something important we need to do-"

"What is it?" He pushed.

"I can't tell you," Harry replied.

"Why can't you tell us? It's something to do with fighting You-Know-Who, right?"

"Well, yeah."

"Then we'll help you," Neville offered.

"You don't understand, we've got to do it alone," Harry insisted.

"We're his Army, we were all in it together. Everyone in this Room's been fighting and they've been driven here because the Carrows were hunting them down. Everyone here has proven they're loyal to Dumbledore—loyal to you," Neville argued.

"Fine, there's something here, in the castle," said Harry.

"Alright, what is it?" Neville asked.

"We don't know."

"Where is it?" Dean questioned.

"We don't know that either," said Harry sheepishly.

"I realize it's not much to go on."

"That's nothing to go on," Finnegan said sharply.

"I think it has something to do with Ravenclaw," Harry added.

"Um, it'll be small, easily concealed, anyone got any ideas?"

"Well there's Rowena Ravenclaw's lost diadem," Luna Lovegood proposed.

"Yes, but Luna, it's lost, for centuries now. There isn't a person alive today who's seen it," said Cho Chang.

"If you'd like to see what it's supposed to look like, I could show you. Rowena's wearing it in her statue in our common room," Luna suggested.

Harry suddenly let out a yell and his hand flew to his scar in pain.

Ed had no idea what just happened, but it didn't seem like there was anything to do to help him.

"He's on the move," he said quietly.

"I'm going to go look at this statue, wait for me here."

The second Harry left, Ed went to gather her belongings, just in case.

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