𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 \\ 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗷. 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿

𝐶𝑉.

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𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙚-𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙙-𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚

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"ARESTO MOMENTUM!" HERMIONE shouted, and they all levitated in the air before lightly tapping down onto a large rock. Above them, the cart continued on, alarm still blaring. "Well done, Hermione." Harry groaned helping Caroline stand up.

        They all stood, Ron turning to Hermione. "Oh no, you look like you again." he said, panting.

        "So do you, Ron." Caroline leant against Harry, Ron touching his face to reveal his beard was gone.

        "The Thief's Downfall, washes away all enchantments. Can be deadly." Griphook said. Caroline brushed the water from Harry's hair, smoothing it away from his face.

        "You don't say," Ron spoke to the goblin. "Just out of interest, is there any other way out of here?"

        Griphook shook his head. "No." he said firmly, the other goblin standing up.

        "What the devil are all you doing down here? Thieves! When you gave up the keys, you–"Bogrod sneered, shouting at Griphook and the rest of them.

        "Imperio!" Ron said, and the spell overtook Bogrod once more, Caroline flinching away from it. Harry grabbed her shaking hand.

        In the distance, a large animal bellowed, everyone silencing in fear. "That doesn't sound good." Ron gulped, eyes wide.

        "If it tries to kill us, I'm killing myself." Caroline muttered, Harry rolling his eyes at her, forcing her to follow Griphook towards the sound. The animal grew louder, and when they turned a corner, a large white dragon was lying on the ground, wrapped in chains.

        "Bloody hell! That's a Ukrainian Ironbelly." Ron gasped, able to identify dragons thanks to his brother, Charlie.

        Griphook pushed Bogrod closer to the dragon, grabbing hold of two rattling devices. "Here," he handed one to Ron, keeping one for himself. The dragon opened its eyes, lifting its head, blood over his body from the chains. Griphook rattled the noisemaker, the dragon bellowing and cowering in fear. "It's been trained to expect pain when it hears this noise." Griphook said, leading the group around the dragon.

        "That's barbaric!" Hermione cried. Caroline was scared of the dragon, but she honestly felt bad for him.

        They managed to make it past the terrified dragon to Lestrange's vault, Griphook using Bogrod's hand to open the door. The four friends stepped inside, the two goblins joining them quickly as the dragon began spitting fire at them. Griphook shut the door. "Lumos." Caroline lit up her wand, the others following suit.

        Bellatrix's vault was shiny, that was the only word Caroline could think of to perfectly describe it. Inside, piles upon piles of gold and precious objects littered every surface. "Blimey." Ron said as they started looking around, unsure of how they were going to find the horcrux.

        Slowly, they walked deeper into the vault. "Accio horcrux!" Hermione tried, but nothing happened.

        "You seriously aren't trying that one again, are you?" Ron asked the girl.

        "That kind of magic won't work in here." Griphook spoke from behind Hermione.

        Caroline followed Harry at a safe distance as he walked deeper into the vault. "Harry?" she spoke, her voice soft and calm. "Can you feel anything? Hear it?" Caroline asked, walking past mountains of gold.