This Means War | Draco Malfoy [5]

Chapter 19 ~ Double Lightning

"I'm so happy to see you!" I exclaimed, running up to Neville and giving him a hug. "Wow. You look--"

"Like hell, I reckon," he teased.

"Well, yeah, pretty much," I said, laughing.

"Well, this is nothing. Seamus looks worse." He turned his head towards Aberforth, who came back into the room while we were talking to Neville. "Hey, Ab, we've got a couple more running through," he said. Then, Neville led us into the tunnel he came through. He had his wand lit up so we could see.

"I don't remember this being on the Marauder's Map," Ron said.

"That's because it never existed until now," Neville explained to us. "The seven secret passageways were sealed off before the start of the year. This is the only way in or out now. The grounds are crawling with Death Eaters and Dementors."

"How bad is Snape as headmaster?" Hermione asked.

"We hardly ever see him. It's the Carrows you need to watch out for," he warned us.

"The Carrows?" I repeated.

"Yeah. Brother and sister. They're in charge of discipline. The Carrows like punishment. Remember Flora and Hestia? The Carrow twins from Slytherin House? Amycus is their dad and Alecto is their aunt."

"Ugh, now there's four of them to deal with," I complained.

The others chuckled at my joke as we were approaching the end of the tunnel. "Let's have a bit of fun, shall we?" Neville said. He opened the door while we were hiding behind him. "Hey! Listen up, you lot! I brought you guys a surprise!"

"Not more of Aberforth's cooking, I hope," I heard Seamus say. "It would be a surprise if we can actually digest it."

Neville moved to the side, revealing us to everyone sitting down on the floor in the Room of Requirement.

"Blimey! It's Harry and Max Potter!" Seamus exclaimed.

All of a sudden, everyone began to clap and cheer for us as we descended down a ladder. Everyone that we practically grew up with came up to us and gave us hugs. Seamus, Dean, Luna, Cho, Lavender, and even people we didn't know started hugging us as well.

"So, what's the plan, you two?" Neville asked us as soon as everyone stopped hugging us.

"Okay, well, there's something we need to find. It's hidden here in the castle and it may help us defeat You-Know-Who," Harry responded.

"Brilliant. What is it?" Neville questioned.

"We don't know," Harry replied.

"Uh, yes, we do know," I intervened. "I told you what it was before we came here, Harry."

"But that's just a theory."

"A theory that is right."

"Well, do you guys know where it is?" Neville interrupted our little argument.

Damn. He got me. "We don't know," I muttered, then I turned to the others. "Okay, well, we know that it has something to do with Ravenclaw."

"Well, there's Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem," Luna spoke up.

"Ha! I told you, Harry!" I said, pointing my finger at him, shooting him a smirk. "I'm a genius."

"But the diadem is lost," Cho told me. "It's been lost for centuries now. There isn't a person alive today who's seen it."

"Well, we need to find it, then," I said.

Suddenly, we heard a rumble and that was when Ginny Weasley walked in.