𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙧

chapter 6

students ran around the castle like crazy; some hiding, some preparing. paintings chattered about the events that were going on.

harry and talia ran to find the ravenclaw horcrux. as they shoved past students, ron and hermione stopped them.

"tal! harry!" ron called. harry and talia stopped to see them hand in hand.

"hermione and i were thinking; does it matter if we find a horcrux?" he asked.

"what do you mean?" tal wondered.

"unless we can destroy it." hermione further explained.

"so, we were thinking.." ron went on. hermione stopped him.

"well, ron was thinking. it was ron's idea. it's completely brilliant." she said.

"you destroyed tom riddle's diary with the basilisk fang, right? well, me and hermione think we know where we might find one. okay?" ron looked between tal and harry as he talked.

"that's great." tal said.

"but take this.." harry pulled something out of his back pocket.

"that way, you can find us when you get back."

with everyone running around, talia barely managed to see it the marauders map.

her and harry began running back up the steps.

"where are you guys going?" hermione called.

"the ravenclaw common room!" tal responded, looking over her shoulder. harry did the same.

"gotta start somewhere!" he said.

as talia and harry ran passed a window, she could see blue orbs being shot into the sky. glancing for just a moment, she could see all of the staff coming together to protect hogwarts grounds, forming a barrier around the castle.

distracting tal from what was going on outside, luna lovegood called after her and harry as they travelled up a stairwell, continuing to push past students.

"harry! talia! wait! i need to talk to you!" luna called.

"we're a bit preoccupied at the moment!" harry responded. tal nodded.

"any chance you can walk and talk?" she asked.

"you have no idea of where you're going. you're wasting your time!" luna said.

a younger student ran past talia and accidentally hit her in the shoulder.

"watch it!" tal cringed. harry put his hand on tal's back, continuing her up the steps and sighing at luna, slightly taking his frustration with everything happening out on her.

"look, we'll talk later. okay?" he asked. talia rolled her eyes. not at luna, but the situation they were in.

"what's wrong?" she stopped, turning. harry huffed.

"later!" he said.

"harry potter! you listen to me right now!" luna yelled, pulling him from the chaos. tal raised her brows and smirked. she didn't think luna had that in her.