He who must not be Loved. [d.m]

7-15

"I promise you. If I wanted to betray Harry, I would've done it by now."

It never left my mind. If she was immortal, how did Voldemort kill her? Is she even dead?

We met with Neville on the way as he guided us. I greeted him with a nod, which he returned. The rest of the walk, I didn't speak the four much.

We made our way into the Slytherin dormitory where students from all houses were gathered. "Listen up, you lot." Neville shouted as the students turned their heads up. I looked around, desperately hoping to find Pansy and Theo— and I did. "I've brought you a surprise." Neville said.

"Not more of Aberforth's cooking. I'll be surprised if we can digest that shit." Theo scoffed, making the students laugh lightly. I was glad to see that Slytherins and the other houses had made peace with the current situation.

Neville moved back as Harry stepped forward. Pansy's eyebrows raised as she stood up. The crowd clapped loudly and cheered for Harry. "Where's Y/n?" Pansy asked, stepping forward. The crowd died down, unsure glances being exchanged amongst them. I sighed, stepping forward. I half expected Pansy to start yelling at me for not telling her about my family.

Whatever I expected, I never thought she'd hug me. I wrapped my arms around her, returning the hug. "Can we even trust her?" Sallow spoke. "You made an accusation once three years ago, Sallow. How'd that go for you?" Theo asked, a brow cocked up as he leaned on the wall behind him with his arms folded. Sebastian glared at Theo, remaining silent.

"I promise, you can trust me. If I wanted to betray Harry by now, I would've done it." I stated. Not all of them believed me, but I suppose that's all you can get with being Voldemort's daughter. Pansy gave me a weak smile, her hands holding my shoulders supportively.

"So? What's the plan, Riddle?" I physically winced as Hannah called out to me. I'm never getting used to being called that, am I? "There's something we need to find." Harry answered for me, seeing as to how uncomfortable I looked. "Something which is hidden here, in the castle." He said.

"Alright. What is it?" Neville asked. ".. we don't know." Harry answered. Theo scoffed audibly. "You don't know?" He asked. Harry remained quiet. "Where is it?" He asked again, looking at me this time. "We don't know that either." I huffed. He rolled his eyes, leaning back on the wall again. "I realise that's not much to go on." Harry said. "That's nothing to go on." Seamus said sharply.

"It has something to do with Ravenclaw." Hermione said. "Small, easily concealed.." Harry said. "Any ideas, then?" Theo asked, looking at Chang and Luna who glanced at eachother. "Well, there's Rowena Rabenclaw's lost diadem." Luna spoke. "Yes, but, Looney— Luna." Pansy coughed. "It's lost, isn't it?" She asked, looking visibly nervous after what she accidentally called Luna. "Yes. For centuries, not a person who's alive has seen it." Cho said.

"What's a diadem?" Ron asked. "A crown. Sort off." Theo said, Ron nodded. "Harry." I heard Ginny say as she came running towards Harry. "Six months she hasn't seen me— and it's like I'm Frankie-first year." Ron scoffed. I chuckled. "She's got loads of those, she's only got one Potter." Theo said with a grin as the three of us laughed lightly. "Shut up, Nott." Ron sighed.

"Snape knows. He knows that Y/n and you were spotted in Hogwarts." Ginny said. I furrowed a brow, giving her a light wave to show my presence. She gave me a fake smile. I suppose she's never going to forgive me for that day Diagon Alley six years ago. The crowd turned towards us.

Well, this is awesome.

Harry's being hunted by my father and my father's hunting me to go after Harry. Lovely.